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Mary, Queen of Scots

(1542-1587), Reigned 1542-67

Sitter associated with 151 portraits
Daughter of James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise, Mary spent her childhood in France, marrying Francis II in 1558. Following his early death, she returned to Scotland, ruling for seven years. Her marriage to Lord Darnley produced her only child, later James I of England and VI of Scotland, but ended in Darnley's murder in 1567. Mary later married the Earl of Bothwell who was implicated in Darnley's death. Forced to abdicate in favour of her son, she fled to England. As Elizabeth's immediate heir to the throne, she became the focus for Roman Catholic rebellion and was a continual threat to the future of Protestant England. Declared guilty of treason in 1586, she was executed the following year.

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Mary, Queen of Scots, by Henry Bone, after  Unknown artist - NPG D17099

Mary, Queen of Scots

by Henry Bone, after Unknown artist
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, December 1811
NPG D17099

Mary, Queen of Scots, by Robert Cooper - NPG D25063

Mary, Queen of Scots

by Robert Cooper
stipple engraving, published 1813
NPG D25063

Mary, Queen of Scots, by Henry Bone, after  Unknown artist - NPG D17101

Mary, Queen of Scots

by Henry Bone, after Unknown artist
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, July 1814
NPG D17101

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; Mary, Queen of Scots, by Robert Dunkarton, published by  Samuel Woodburn, after  Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke) - NPG D31822

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; Mary, Queen of Scots

by Robert Dunkarton, published by Samuel Woodburn, after Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke)
mezzotint, published 1816
NPG D31822

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; Mary, Queen of Scots, by Robert Dunkarton, published by  Samuel Woodburn, after  Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke) - NPG D31823

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; Mary, Queen of Scots

by Robert Dunkarton, published by Samuel Woodburn, after Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke)
mezzotint, published 1816
NPG D31823

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; Mary, Queen of Scots, by Robert Dunkarton, published by  Samuel Woodburn, after  Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke) - NPG D25050

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; Mary, Queen of Scots

by Robert Dunkarton, published by Samuel Woodburn, after Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke)
mezzotint, published 1816
NPG D25050

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; Mary, Queen of Scots, by Robert Dunkarton, published by  Samuel Woodburn, after  Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke) - NPG D34876

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; Mary, Queen of Scots

by Robert Dunkarton, published by Samuel Woodburn, after Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke)
mezzotint, published 1816
NPG D34876

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; Mary, Queen of Scots, by Robert Dunkarton, published by  Samuel Woodburn, after  Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke) - NPG D9708

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; Mary, Queen of Scots

by Robert Dunkarton, published by Samuel Woodburn, after Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke)
mezzotint, published 1816
NPG D9708

Mary, Queen of Scots, by Edward Scriven, after  Peter Paillou - NPG D25064

Mary, Queen of Scots

by Edward Scriven, after Peter Paillou
stipple engraving, published 1818
NPG D25064

Mary, Queen of Scots, by Henry Bone, possibly after  Nicholas Hilliard - NPG D17348

Mary, Queen of Scots

by Henry Bone, possibly after Nicholas Hilliard
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1819
NPG D17348

Mary, Queen of Scots, by Henry Bone, after  Unknown artist, after  Nicholas Hilliard - NPG D17491

Mary, Queen of Scots

by Henry Bone, after Unknown artist, after Nicholas Hilliard
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, June 1819
NPG D17491

Mary, Queen of Scots, by John Lewis Marks - NPG D48632

Mary, Queen of Scots

by John Lewis Marks
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, 1820s
NPG D48632

Mary, Queen of Scots, by Thomas Ryder, published by  Colnaghi & Co - NPG D31816

Mary, Queen of Scots

by Thomas Ryder, published by Colnaghi & Co
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 1821 (1552)
NPG D31816

Henry the Seventh's Chapel.  Monuments and Details, by and published by John Preston Neale, by  John Carter, by  James Robert Thompson, published by  Hurst, Robinson & Co - NPG D42664

Henry the Seventh's Chapel. Monuments and Details

by and published by John Preston Neale, by John Carter, by James Robert Thompson, published by Hurst, Robinson & Co
line engraving and etching, published 1 July 1821
NPG D42664

Unknown woman, formerly known as Mary, Queen of Scots, by Henry Bone, after  Unknown artist - NPG D17507

Unknown woman, formerly known as Mary, Queen of Scots

by Henry Bone, after Unknown artist
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, June 1822
NPG D17507

Fictitious portrait called Mary, Queen of Scots, by Madame Fabroni, published by  Joseph Dickinson, after  Unknown artist - NPG D31819

Fictitious portrait called Mary, Queen of Scots

by Madame Fabroni, published by Joseph Dickinson, after Unknown artist
lithograph, published 1824
NPG D31819

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