'Queen Mary's Elopement', 1897. Creator: John Leech.

'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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Creator
  1. John Leech: British: Artist, illustrator and printmaker
Subject
  1. Mary Queen of Scots: Scottish: Queen
  2. James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell: Scottish: Nobleman
People Related
  1. Gilbert Abbott A Beckett: British: Author, writer, journalist, lawyer, playwright

Picture Type
  1. Caricature
  2. Satire

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3600x4558
File Size : 48,073kb


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  1. 2E
  1. 0580057327
  1. 2-703-961
  1. 2703961
  1. 2E

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