Légende

The execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, 1587. Mary's cousin, Elizabeth I, was sympathetic to her plight when she was forced to flee to England in 1567. However, as a Catholic with a claim to the English throne, Mary was a focus for plots, and she was confined to prison. Eventually she was brought to trial for complicity in a conspiracy, and executed at Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire. Robert Beale was an official of Queen Elizabeth's council who carried the death warrant for Mary to Fotheringhay. His papers include sketches of the trial and execution of Mary. This sketch shows Mary attended by her women on the scaffold, and then with her head on the chopping block as the executioner raises his axe.

Date

1587

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A15_136

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,3Mo (2,7Mo) / 30,5cm x 41,4cm / 3602 x 4885 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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