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Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587

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Dates

  • Existence: 1542 - 1587

Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:

[Signatures to warrant committing Queen Mary to Loch Leven Castle], 1832

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Identifier: Coll-10/2/237(iii)
Scope and Contents

[Signatures to warrant committing Queen Mary to Loch Leven Castle]. Wood engraving. 1832. Cadell, Robert, 1788-1849, Publisher.

Published in: Walter Scott, Waverley Novels (Abbotsford edition), vol. 5 (1844), The Abbott, p. 436.

Note: Pencil annotation: 'Signatures to warrant committing Queen Mary to Loch Leven Castle / Abbot Ch. 21. Abbotsford ed', with names of signatories added.

Dates: 1832
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 2. Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian

Song titled "Chatelar from his prison! To Mary Queen of Scots", 1810-1857

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Identifier: Coll-1839/7/pp.192-193
Scope and Contents

Song titled "Chatelar from his prison! To Mary Queen of Scots." Referring to Pierre de Chatelard or Chastelard, a French poet and member of the court who conceived an intense passion for the Queen and was eventually beheaded for accosting her in her bedroom.

Dates: 1810-1857
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Louisa Matilda Crawford, nee Montagu / Manuscript notebook containing 165 poems and songs written at Southwood Hall by Louisa Matilda Crawford

Song titled "Chatelar to Mary Queen of Scots", 1810-1857

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Identifier: Coll-1839/7/pp.381-382
Scope and Contents

Song titled "Chatelar to Mary Queen of Scots." Referring to Pierre de Chatelard or Chastelard, a French poet and member of the court who conceived an intense passion for the Queen and was eventually beheaded for accosting her in her bedroom.

Dates: 1810-1857
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Louisa Matilda Crawford, nee Montagu / Manuscript notebook containing 165 poems and songs written at Southwood Hall by Louisa Matilda Crawford

The Battle of Langside, 1 January 1798

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Identifier: Coll-10/6/64
Scope and Contents

The Battle of Langside. Stipple engraving. 1 January 1798. Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834, Artist; Taylor, Isaac, 1759-1829, Engraver; Cadell & Davies, Publisher.

Publisher statement: Published … by Cadell & Davies, Strand.

Published in: William Robertson, History of Scotland (1798).

Dates: 1 January 1798
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 6. Stirling, Lanark (Glasgow), Renfrew, Dunbarton

The monument of Mary Queen of Scots in Westminster Abbey, 7 October 1786

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Identifier: Coll-10/2/238
Scope and Contents

The monument of Mary Queen of Scots in Westminster Abbey. Line engraving. 7 October 1786. Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773, Artist; Goldar, John, 1729-1795, Engraver.

Dates: 7 October 1786
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 2. Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian

[Tracing of part of the will of Mary Queen of Scots], undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/2/241(ii)
Scope and Contents

[Tracing of part of the will of Mary Queen of Scots]. Pen and ink tracing. Undated. White, Adam, 1817-1879, Artist.

Note: Title in ink: 'Tracing [by Adam White?] of part of the will of Mary Queen of Scots from the original in the British Museum'.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 2. Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian

Two broadsides advertising exhibitions at the Eidephusicon, Leicester Square, London, [1825?], [1837?]

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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0081
Scope and Contents

Two broadsides advertising exhibitions of "animated scenery" at the Eidephusicon, Leicester Square, London. Each includes an advertisement for a view of Loch Leven representing the escape of Mary Queen of Scots from Castle Lochleven, as described in Sir Walter Scott's novel The Abbot (1820).

Dates: [1825?], [1837?]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

[Watch of Mary Queen of Scots], undated

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Identifier: Coll-10/2/240(ii)
Scope and Contents

[Watch of Mary Queen of Scots]. Line engraving. Undated. Smith, F., Engraver.

Note: Plate signed in pencil: 'F. Smith'; pencil annotation: 'Watch of Mary Queen of Scots engraved by F Smith for a work by Mr Fraser on Queen Mary. 4 plates were engraved & Mr F's sudden death terminated the work'. See also Coll-10/2/242(i) in the same series.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 2. Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian