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Mary, Queen of Scots|Robert Bowyer|David Hume|William Skelton|John Opie

Mary, Queen of Scots at the execution block (from "The History of England")

June 1795
Etching and engraving
41.4 × 25.8 cm (16.3 × 10.2 in)

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