
Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
William Nelson Gardiner (d. 1814)
April 20, 1790 · Stipple engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
William Nelson Gardiner (d. 1814)
April 20, 1790 · Stipple engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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Mary, Queen of Scots going to the place of execution
William Nelson Gardiner (d. 1814)
April 20, 1790 · Stipple engraving; proof
Cleared · Public Domain
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Mary, Queen of Scots kneeling on the scaffold
William Nelson Gardiner (d. 1814)
April 20, 1790 · Stipple engraving; proof
Cleared · Public Domain
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Mary, Queen of Scots at the execution block (from "The History of England")
David Hume (d. 1776)
June 1795 · Etching and engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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Mary, Queen of Scots, on the eve previous to her execution (from "The History of England," volume III, chapter XLII)
James Barton Longacre (d. 1869)
1828 · Etching and engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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Mary, Queen of Scots escaping Lochleven Castle (from "The History of England")
John Rogers (d. 1860)
1830–60 · Etching
Cleared · Public Domain
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Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, from "Illustrated London News"
William Luson Thomas (d. 1900)
February 23, 1861 · Wood engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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The Rival Queens – Mary Queen of Scots Defying Queen Elizabeth
Currier & Ives (d. 1907)
1868-1870 · Hand-colored lithograph with gum arabic
Cleared · Public Domain
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Mary, Queen of Scots led to execution, from "The Art Journal," New Series volume 1, plate 11, page 144
Peter Lightfoot (d. 1885)
1875 · Etching
Cleared · Public Domain
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Mary, Queen of Scots with her secretary, Pierre de Bocosel de Chatelard
Robert William Smart (d. 1837)
August 20, 1824 · Etching and engraving
In copyright
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Mary Stuart Listening to the Order of Her Execution
Doris Raab (d. 1933)
1877–78 · Steel engraving; proof
In copyright
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Mary, Queen of Scots with David Rizzio (or with Pierre de Bocosel de Chatelard)
Louis Ducis (d. 1847)
19th century · Etching and engraving
In copyright
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