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Mary, Queen of Scots

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Mary, Queen of Scots

after an engraving by Franz Huys
facsimile of an engraving, probably late 19th century (1550s)
11 in. x 7 1/4 in. (280 mm x 184 mm) plate size; 10 1/8 in. x 9 7/8 in. (257 mm x 252 mm) paper size
Given by J.B. Foster, 1939
Reference Collection
NPG D13137

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  • Franz Huys (1522-1562). Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.

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Mary's father, James V of Scotland, died on 14 December 1542, and Mary, at just six days old, succeeded to the Scottish throne. She spent most of her childhood in France, while her mother Mary of Guise ruled as Regent of Scotland. Frans Huys's print, published in Antwerp while Mary was in France, was not made from life, but was probably based on contemporary coins that showed her head in profile.

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Current affairs

Wlliam Pitt and Lord Castlereagh both resign over the King's refusal to permit the introduction of Catholic emancipation. Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth succeeds Pitt as Prime Minister.
Census records 9 million people living in England and Wales, 5.2 million in Ireland and 1.6 million in Scotland.

Art and science

Radical writer, Amelia Opie publishes her best known novel The Father and the Daughter. Said to have reduced Walter Scott to tears, it went on to enjoy success as an opera and a play.

International

Other members of the First Coalition fighting France with Britain agree to a humiliating peace treaty and Britain fights on alone.
A successful campaign is fought against the French army marooned in Egypt. General Sir Ralph Abercromby leads the troops but is killed in action.
Thomas Jefferson is elected President of the United States.

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