Mary, Queen of Scots in Lochleven Castle, with a small scene of her escape from the castle below (from "The History of England")

Rubino|Mary, Queen of Scots|Thomas Gaspey|J. & F. Tallis & Co., London, Edinburgh, and Dublin|John Rogers

1830–40 · Etching and stipple · Drawings and Prints

Mary, Queen of Scots in Lochleven Castle, with a small scene of her escape from the castle below (from "The History of England") — Rubino|Mary, Queen of Scots|Thomas Gaspey|J. & F. Tallis & Co., London, Edinburgh, and Dublin|John Rogers

This engraving shows William Douglas (son of Sir William Douglas) kneeling before Mary Queen of Scots in Lochleven Castle. Confined there for eleven months in 1566-67, she had been forced to abdicate in favor of her infant son James. Douglas masterminded the queen's escape from the island castle on May 2, 1568, the latter event shown here in a small vignette below the main image. The print was created to illustrate Thomas Gaspey's "The History of England: from the text of Hume and Smollett, to the Reign of George III" (1830, with later editions in 1852-54 and 1860).

Artist: Rubino|Mary, Queen of Scots|Thomas Gaspey|J. & F. Tallis & Co., London, Edinburgh, and Dublin|John Rogers
Date: 1830–40
Medium: Etching and stipple
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958