Mary, Queen of Scots: P.196-1947

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Mary, Queen of Scots

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Simon, John

Entities

Legal notes

Bought from the Perceval Fund with the aid of a donation from Louis C. G. Clarke, M.A.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1947)

Note

Very similar to another half-length portrait of Mary, in an embellished oval frame, but only the portrait is a mezzotint, the frame, background and tablet are engraved. On the tablet are four lines "MARIA STUART… onmi Fortuna Major." At bottom "Ex Museo Com. de Roseberie" and "I. Simon fec."

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.196-1947
Primary reference Number: 159982
Chaloner Smith: see 98 query state IV
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Sunday 7 August 2011

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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