Detail View: Walter Scott Image Collection:
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Work Record ID:
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0030520
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Licence:
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Shelfmark:
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Corson P.4057
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Title:
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Queen Mary's Bed-Chamber, Holyrood
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Alternate Title:
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Lithograph by T. Picken after G. Cattermole of the murder of Rizzio in Queen Mary's Bedchamber, Holyrood Palace
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Creator:
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Cattermole, George
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Creator Role:
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Draftsman
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Associate Creator:
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Picken, Thomas
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Associate Creator Role:
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Lithographer
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Associate Creator:
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Day & Son
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Associate Creator Role:
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Lithographer
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Date:
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1847-1854
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Description:
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Depicts the murder of David Rizzio (ca. 1533-1566) in Queen Mary's Bedchamber, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh. The murderers of Mary Stuart's secretary David Rizzio dragged their victim from the Queen's presence into the royal bedchamber at the Palace of Holyroodhouse before dispatching him. This episode is described in Sir Walter Scott's Tales of a Grandfather, First Series (1828).There are further references to the murder in The Abbot and Chronicles of the Canongate.
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Work Type:
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Lithograph
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Measurement:
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33.3 x 24.3cm (1' 1 1/8" x 9 9/16")
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Material:
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Ink
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Lithography
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Location:
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TBC/Main Library/Special Collections
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Repository:
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Corson Collection
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Source:
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Lawson, J.P. Scotland Delineated: In a Series of Views by Clarkson Stanfield. London: J. Hogarth, 1847-1854
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Subject Person:
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Mary, Queen of Scots
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Subject Person:
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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Subject Place:
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Edinburgh
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Subject Place:
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Palace of Holyroodhouse
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Subject Category:
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Fiction
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Subject Category:
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Settings
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Related Work Title:
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Tales of a Grandfather; being Stories taken from Scottish History
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Related Work Creator:
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Scott, Walter, Sir
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Repro File Type:
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Derivative TIFF
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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65013600
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Repro Capture Date:
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20/04/2012 12:49:00
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Repro Rights Statement:
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© The University of Edinburgh
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