The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
Maker
(artist)
1742-1810
(engraver)
1766-1814
(publisher)
1742-1810
(engraver)
1766-1814
(publisher)
Title
The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
Date of Production
20.5.1791
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 20 cm
Width: 24.8 cm
Width: 24.8 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5461.6
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
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Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left inside plate mark & recto : : J F Rigaud RA. Pinxt. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right inside plate mark & recto : : W.N. Gardiner Sculp. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre inside plate mark & recto : : The Chief Mouner the Countess of Bedford attended by all the Lords and Ladies her train being borne by the Lady St. John of Bastin and assisted by Mr. John Manner's Vice Chamberlain, proceeded through the church to the choir. The Corps was carried by esquires, the canopy supported by four / Knights and four Barons held up the corners of the Pall. / Mr. DuPreau, Chaplain to Mary Queen of Scots , was allowed to carry a silver cross in his hand at the procession, duing which was sung the following lines. / 'If in the melancholy shades below / 'The flames of friends and lovers cease to glow / 'Yet thine shall sacred last; thine, undecay'd / 'Burn on through Death, and animal bhy Shade.' / Published as the Act directs May 20, 1791, by T. Monzani, No. 6 Coventry Street Hay Market. //
Inscription: inscription : typed : lower centre outside plate mark & recto : : Execution of Mary Queen of Scots //
Inscription: inscription : written : lower right outside plate mark & recto : : RA1792/467/c //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper left outside plate mark : recto : : WITT LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right inside plate mark & recto : : W.N. Gardiner Sculp. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre inside plate mark & recto : : The Chief Mouner the Countess of Bedford attended by all the Lords and Ladies her train being borne by the Lady St. John of Bastin and assisted by Mr. John Manner's Vice Chamberlain, proceeded through the church to the choir. The Corps was carried by esquires, the canopy supported by four / Knights and four Barons held up the corners of the Pall. / Mr. DuPreau, Chaplain to Mary Queen of Scots , was allowed to carry a silver cross in his hand at the procession, duing which was sung the following lines. / 'If in the melancholy shades below / 'The flames of friends and lovers cease to glow / 'Yet thine shall sacred last; thine, undecay'd / 'Burn on through Death, and animal bhy Shade.' / Published as the Act directs May 20, 1791, by T. Monzani, No. 6 Coventry Street Hay Market. //
Inscription: inscription : typed : lower centre outside plate mark & recto : : Execution of Mary Queen of Scots //
Inscription: inscription : written : lower right outside plate mark & recto : : RA1792/467/c //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper left outside plate mark : recto : : WITT LIBRARY //
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