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Museum number: 1885,0509.52-278
Description: Volume I of Joseph Cecil's collection of portraits and prints relating to the life of Mary Queen of Scots, mounted into five albums, with numerous prints per album page. The first volume is of British portraits. Below is a brief summary of the contents: Pages 1-22: Portraits of Mary, mostly single portraits, but including a whole length portrait with her husband Henry Darnley on page 6; and portrait with a child, presumably her son, the future James I and VI on page 10. On page 13 is a portrait by Couvay showing her gesturing towards a picture of her execution, and on page 16 is a facsimile of the warrant for her execution, with bust portraits of her and Queen Elizabeth, and a vignette of her execution below; another facsimile is on page 22. On page 20 are two prints of the effigy on her tomb in Westminster Abbey. Pages 23-4: Portraits of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, including portrait with Charles Stuart, Lord Lennox, taken from their mother's tomb on page 24. Page 25: Three fragments from a large print of the monument to Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, showing his recumbent effigy, his father, mother and brother kneeling to the right, and son James VI in front. Page 26: Two portraits of Robert the Bruce. Pages 27-30: Portraits of the kings of Scotland, from James I - James V, with portraits of Margaret Tudor on page 28. Pages 31-2: Portrait of Mary of Guise, Queen of Scotland, and portraits of James VI from coins. Page 33: Portraits of Henry VIII. Page 34: Portraits of Edward VI. Pages 35-6: Portraits of Elizabeth I. Page 37: Portraits of James Hamilton, Earl of Arran and Archibald Earl of Angus. Page 38: Portraitts of Henry Nevill, Lord Bergavenny and Thomas Egerton. Page 39: Portraits of Francis Russell, Earl of Bedford. Page 40: Portraits of William Cecil, Lord Burleigh. Page 41: Portraits of George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland. Page 42: Portrait of Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby, and the tomb of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox in Westminster Abbey. Page 43: Portraits of Lady Margaret Douglas and Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset. Page 44: Portraits of William Parr Earl of Essex; Thomas Cromwell; Lady and Lord Hunsdon, and Sir Christopher Hatton. Page 45: Portraits of William 2nd Duke of Hamilton, and Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Pages 46-7: The effigy of the Earl of Kent from his monument in Flitton Church. Page 48: Portraits of Robert Dudley. Page 49: Portraits of Edward Clinton, Earl of Lincoln, and John Lord Lumley. Pages 50-1: Portraits of Anthony Browne, Viscount Montagu, and James Douglas, Earl of Morton. Page 52: Portraits of James Stuart, Earl of Murray. Pages 53-4: Portraits of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk; Lord Paisly; Thomas 7th Earl of Northumberland; and Edward Vere, Earl of Oxford. Page 55: Portraits of Henry Herbert, Earl of Pembroke; Sir Henry Sidney; and Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke. Page 56: Portraits of Elziabeth, Lady Cavendish, and Lady Arabella Seymour. Page 57: Portraits of Thomas Radclyffe Earl of Sussex, and Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset. Pages 58-9: Portraits of Sir Francis Walsingham, Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick, and Thomas Lord Wentworth. Page 60 (last): Portraits of Margaret Countess of Lennox, Matthew Stuart, Earl of Lennox, and Lord Zouch
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Production date: 17thC-19thC
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Dimensions: Height: 569 millimetres; Width: 424 millimetres (album page)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Mary, Queen of Scots; Portrait of: Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley and Duke of Albany; Portrait of: Charles Stuart, 5th Earl of Lennox; Portrait of: Margaret, Countess of Lennox; Portrait of: Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of Lennox; Portrait of: James I, King of England (James VI of Scotland); Portrait of: Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland; Portrait of: Mary of Guise, Queen of Scotland; Portrait of: Henry VIII, King of England; Portrait of: Edward VI, King of England; Portrait of: Elizabeth I, Queen of England; Portrait of: James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran; Portrait of: James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran; Portrait of: Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus; Portrait of: Henry Nevill, 4th Baron of Bergavenny; Portrait of: Sir Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley; Portrait of: Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford; Portrait of: William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley; Portrait of: George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland; Portrait of: Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby; Portrait of: Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset; Portrait of: Sir William Parr, Marquess of Northampton; Portrait of: Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex; Portrait of: Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon; Portrait of: Sir Christopher Hatton; Portrait of: William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton; Portrait of: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester; Portrait of: Edward Fiennes de Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln; Portrait of: John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley; Portrait of: Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague; Portrait of: James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton; Portrait of: James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray; Portrait of: Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk; Portrait of: Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland; Portrait of: Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford; Portrait of: Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke; Portrait of: Sir Henry Sidney; Portrait of: Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke; Portrait of: Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury; Portrait of: Lady Arabella Seymour; Portrait of: Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex; Portrait of: Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset; Portrait of: Sir Francis Walsingham; Portrait of: Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick; Portrait of: Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baron Wentworth; Portrait of: Edward La Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche
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Acquisition date: 1885
Acquisition notes: The collection of prints and drawings relating to Mary Queen of Scots formed by Joseph Cecil of Northampton was purchased by the Museum from his widow Maria Cecil in 1885 (1885,0509.52-1382). It was mounted in a single album, which was then broken up and the contents re-arranged into five albums, each of which is given a separate entry.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1885,0509.52-278

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