Mary, Queen of Scots
late 18th century
Medium
Stipple engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 7 3/8 × 5 7/8 in. (18.7 × 15 cm) Sheet: 11 1/4 × 7 7/8 in. (28.5 × 20 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958
Accession Number
58.549.201
Tags
Art Historical Context
This stipple engraving, titled *Mary, Queen of Scots is a late 18th-century print Joseph Singleton, likely reproducing an earlier portrait associated with the iconic 16th-century monarch. a modest plate size of 7 3/8 × 5 7/8 inches, it captures the queen's regal poise, evoking her tragic life as ruler of Scotland, claimant to the English throne, and victim of political intrigue that led to her execution in 1587. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it was a gift from Susan Dwight Bliss in 8. Stipple engraving, Singleton's chosen medium, exemplifies a refi...