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.5461.7
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. Pinx. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right inside plate mark & recto : : W.N. Gardiner Sculp. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre inside plate mark & recto : : The body was received most reverently by the Bishop of Peterborough and the Dean and Chapter; and in Presence of the Scots who attended it, was laid in a vault prepared for that purpose. The Bishop of Peterborough performed the Funeral Service, and the Bishop of Lincoln / preached the sermon, after which the following anthem was sung: / 'Go Sorrow's Sigh, and falling Tear, / 'Tell the sad world who sleepeth here. / 'Those angel graces who shall paint? / 'Who speak her glories now a saint? / 'some spirit kind this truth impart, / 'say what thou wert! say what thou art!' / Published as the Act directs May 1, 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 : : RA1792/468/c //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right 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 body was received most reverently by the Bishop of Peterborough and the Dean and Chapter; and in Presence of the Scots who attended it, was laid in a vault prepared for that purpose. The Bishop of Peterborough performed the Funeral Service, and the Bishop of Lincoln / preached the sermon, after which the following anthem was sung: / 'Go Sorrow's Sigh, and falling Tear, / 'Tell the sad world who sleepeth here. / 'Those angel graces who shall paint? / 'Who speak her glories now a saint? / 'some spirit kind this truth impart, / 'say what thou wert! say what thou art!' / Published as the Act directs May 1, 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 : : RA1792/468/c //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right outside plate mark : recto : : WITT LIBRARY //
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