Mary, Queen of Scots (from "Modes et Costumes Historiques Étrangers," plate 21) 1865 - 1875

"Mary, Queen of Scots" is a hand-colored lithograph from "Modes et Costumes Historiques Étrangers" (Foreign Fashions and Costumes) created between 1865 and 1875 by Hippolyte-Louis-Emile Pauquet. This detailed plate portrays the Queen in a somber black gown and white ruff, holding a rosary. The image was created using a printing technique called lithography, a process that uses a flat stone to create images. It is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.