Mary, Queen of Scots
early 19th century
Medium
Stipple and etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 7/8 × 3 1/4 in. (14.9 × 8.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958
Accession Number
58.549.110
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate stipple and etching print, *Mary, Queen of*, captures the enigmatic likeness of one of history's most tragic monarchs. Created in the early 19th by William Archibald—possibly drawing from earlier likenesses attributed to or inspired by Mary herself—this small portrait (5 7/8 × 3 1/4 in.) exemplifies the refined reproductive printmaking of the Romantic era. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, was generously gifted by Susan Dwight Bliss in 195. Mary Stuart (1542–1587), Queen of Scots from infancy, embodied royal intrigue, Catholic fervor, and...