Mary, Queen of Scots

Art Historical Context

This delicate stipple engraving, titled *Mary, Queen Scots* (1833), captures the enigmatic likeness of the 16th-century Scottish monarch, rendered by engraver William Thomas. Measuring just 8 13/16 × 6 3/4 inches, this intimate print from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department exemplifies the precision of 19th-century reproductive printmaking. Fry, a noted British engraver, likely based his work on earlier portraits of Mary, transforming painted images into accessible etched reproductions for a wide audience. Mary Stuart (1542–1587), Queen of Scots, remains one of his...