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'Queen Mary's Elopement', 1897. Creator: John Leech.
2-703-961 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images
'Queen Mary's Elopement', 1897. Mary leaves under cover of darkness, and is helped into a boat by a tartan-clad man, possibly Lord Bothwell. (Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587) was married three times. Her third husband was Scottish nobleman James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell). From "The Comic History of England" by Gilbert Abbott A Beckett, with satirical illustrations by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1897]
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People Information
Creator
- John Leech, attributed to: {British}: Artist, illustrator and printmaker
Subject
- Mary Queen of Scots: Scottish: Queen
- James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell: Scottish: Nobleman
People Related
- Gilbert Abbott A Beckett: British: Author, writer, journalist, lawyer, playwright
Category Hierarchy
Lifestyle & Leisure Transport & Travel
Science & Nature Times of the Day
Society & Culture Romance & Love
Artistic Representations Satires
Artistic Representations Caricatures
Digital Image Size
Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3600x4558
File Size : 48,073kb
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- 2E
- 0580057327
- 2-703-961
- 2703961
- 2E