Mary, Queen of Scots
January 12, 1803
Medium
Stipple engraving; fifth state of five
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 7/16 × 6 11/16 in. (21.5 × 17 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958
Accession Number
58.549.107
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate stipple engraving, titledMary, Queen of Scots captures the tragic Tudor monarch in a poised portrait, produced on January 12, 1803. Credited to Mary, Queen of Scots alongside engravers Francesco Bartolozzi William Hogarth, it reproduces an earlier design or pattern attributed to the queen herself—perhaps drawing from her renowned embroidery skills—refined through Hogarth's dramatic style and Bartolozzi precise hand. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department (gift of Susan Dwight Bliss,1958), this fifth and final state measures a modest 8 7/16 × 6 1...