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Cast of moulding from the monument to Mary, Queen of Scots in Westminster Abbey
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Cast SM MP127, plaster, Sir John Soanes' Museum, London. ©A.C. Cooper (colour) Ltd.
Cast of moulding from the monument to Mary, Queen of Scots in Westminster Abbey
Plaster cast
Museum number: MP127
On display: Monk's Parlour
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Curatorial note
The Roman Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587) was born in 1542, the daughter of King James V of Scotland. As a claimant to the English throne she was regarded as posing a serious threat to her cousin Queen Elizabeth I. After fleeing to England in 1568 she was imprisoned by Eizabeth and eventually executed for treason in 8th February 1587: she was buried at Peterborough Cathedral. Her son, James VI of Scotland, a Protestant, succeeded Elizabeth in 1603, becoming James I of England. He ordered her remains to be reinterred in Westminster Abbey in 1612, commissioning a magnificent tomb.
This cast seems to depict a hare or rabbit (left) with another, much larger seated animal, perhaps a lion, to the right.
This cast seems to depict a hare or rabbit (left) with another, much larger seated animal, perhaps a lion, to the right.
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