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Robert Bowyer commissioned this print for his 1806 edition of David Hume's "The History of England." It reproduces a large oil painting by Opie, exhibited at Bowyer's Historic Gallery, from 1793 to 1806, now unlocated.
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Title: Mary, Queen of Scots at the execution block (from "The History of England")
Author:
David Hume (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1711–1776 Edinburgh)
Artist:
William Skelton (British, London 1763–1848 London)
Artist:
After John Opie (British, St. Agnes, Cornwall 1761–1807 London)
Publisher:
Robert Bowyer (British, Portsmouth 1758–1834 Byfleet, Surrey)
Sitter:
Mary, Queen of Scots (British, Linlithgow 1542–1587 Fotheringhay)
Published in: London
Date: June 1795
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 16 5/16 × 10 3/16 in. (41.4 × 25.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958
Accession Number: 58.549.202
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