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Mary, Queen of Scots|John Francis Rigaud|William Nelson Gardiner|Tebaldo Monzani

Mary, Queen of Scots kneeling on the scaffold

April 20, 1790
Stipple engraving; proof
20.5 × 24.8 cm (8.1 × 9.8 in)

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