Mary, Queen of Scots (from "Select Biography: Containing Instructive and Entertaining Accounts of the Lives, Characters, and Actions of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages and All Countries")
Medium
Stipple and engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 6 9/16 × 4 3/16 in. (16.6 × 10.7 cm) Sheet: 8 1/16 in. × 5 in. (20.4 × 12.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958
Accession Number
58.549.386
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate stipple and line engraving depicts Mary, Queen of Scots1542–1587), the iconic Scottish monarch whose tumultuous life—from her French upbringing and brief reign to her imprisonment and execution by Elizabeth I—has captivated history buffs for centuries. Produced in the early 19th as an illustration for *Select Biography*, a popular compendium of eminent lives, the print draws from earlier sources, including designs linked to Italian Mannerist artist Federico Zuccaro and contributions by engravers T. Clerk, Mackenzie, and Dent. At just over 6 by 4 inches on the plate, its intimate ...