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Mary, Queen of Scots|James Barton Longacre|John Graham|David Hume|Eliakim Littell

Mary, Queen of Scots, on the eve previous to her execution (from "The History of England," volume III, chapter XLII)

1828
Etching and engraving
18.5 × 12.4 cm (7.3 × 4.9 in)

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