MARY STUART, QUEEN OF SCOTLAND 1876 Paris Bordone VICTORIAN ENGRAVING

Original 1876 11 3/4 inch x 8 3/4 inch Steel Engraving titled MARY STUART, QUEEN OF SCOTLAND
Mary, Queen of Scots, also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I, reigned over Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567. Mary, the only surviving legitimate child of King James V, was six days old when her father died and she acceded to the throne. Her complicated personal life and political immaturity eventually led to her execution by Elizabeth I.

Engraved by J. Parkin
From the original by Paris Bordone (1500 - 1571). Paris Bordone was an Italian painter of the Venetian Renaissance who, despite training with Titian, maintained a strand of Mannerist complexity and provincial vigor.
Lettering under title: ”At the Age of 16. / OB. 1587 / From the original by Paris Bordone. / Court Painter to Francis the First and Second of France / In the possession of James Copland, Esq. M.D., F.R.I. / (The frame is also copied from the original)
From ‘The Royal History of England from the Earliest Period to the Present Time’ by Henry Tyrrell, W.C. Staffordf and John Sherer, Published in 1876 by J.G. Murdoch, 41, Castle Street, Holborn, London.

Image size 5 1/8 inch x 4 inch

The engraving is in very good condition with minor warping. Reverse side blank.