Queen Mary receiving the prisoners on the Tower green

Queen Mary receiving the prisoners on the Tower green
 (1840)
illustration for The Tower of London: An Historical Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth, published by Richard Bentley, London, 1840

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching
Measurements
9.6 × 14.7 cm (image) 9.9 × 14.7 cm irreg. (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Cohn 14; Reid 2081
Inscription
printed in ink l.c.: George Cruikshank.
Accession Number
4294.11-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss Archibald, 1930
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
History and Legend Human Figures Literary and Text
Subjects (specific)
horse (species) illustrations (layout features) literary characters Mary I, Queen of England prisoners queens (people) soldiers Tower of London (historic site)
Movements
Victorian

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