Mary, Queen of Scots
Medium
Reproductive engraving with lozenge and dot technique
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 3/16 × 5 1/16 in. (20.8 × 12.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958
Accession Number
58.549.172
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate reproductive engraving, titled *Mary, Queen of Scots* and created in 1835 by engraver William Home Lizars for publishers Fisher, Son & Co., captures the tragic Tudor-era monarch (1542–1587) in a portrait format. Measuring just 8 3/16 × 5 1/16 inches, it exemplifies 19th-century printmaking's role in democratizing access to historical icons, allowing middle-class Victorians to own affordable likenesses of royalty. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department (gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958), it reflects the era's fascination with Mary's dramatic life...