The Death Warrant Read to Mary, Queen of Scots in the Hall Wherein She was Beheaded

The Death Warrant Read to Mary, Queen of Scots in the Hall Wherein She was Beheaded

James Taylor

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Exhibited by James Taylor at the Incorporated Society of Artists, London, in 1770. It was then published in volume 2 of William Henry Mountague's "New and Universal History of England" (1771-72), across from page 63.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Death Warrant Read to Mary, Queen of Scots in the Hall Wherein She was BeheadedThe Death Warrant Read to Mary, Queen of Scots in the Hall Wherein She was BeheadedThe Death Warrant Read to Mary, Queen of Scots in the Hall Wherein She was BeheadedThe Death Warrant Read to Mary, Queen of Scots in the Hall Wherein She was BeheadedThe Death Warrant Read to Mary, Queen of Scots in the Hall Wherein She was Beheaded

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