- Title:
- The Murder of James First, King of Scotland
- Additional Title(s):
- The Murder of James 1st, King of Scotland
- Date:
- 1792
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 20 7/8 × 25 inches (53 × 63.5 cm), Image: 18 1/4 × 23 3/8 inches (46.4 × 59.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "Painted by F. Opie R.A. | Walter Earl of Athole was at the head of the conspiracy carried on against the life of this accomplish'd | & unfortunate Prince, the conspirators affected their purpose by suborning one of the Kings Servants to take | away the bar that fastened the door of the apartment where the King & Queen were lodged. the first | approach of the murderers was discovered by a servant upon his return from that apartment. | where he had been serving some wine, upon giving the alarm. , it is related that a young lady of the"; lettered, lower right: "Engrav'd by T. Ryder. | Noble family of [...] who was attending the Queen, not finding the [...] that secured | the door, (the mode of fastening used in those days in such houses) bodly th[...] her arm | through the staple, but the violence of the assailants soon broke her arm, & forced their | way to the King, who being defenceless they murdered. the Queen also received several wounds | in endeavouring to save her husband."; lettered, lower center: "THE MURDER OF JAMES IST KING OF SCOTLAND, | In the Monastery of the Domincans, near Perth, on the 12th Feby 1437. | Pubish'd Augt. 1 1792, by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakespeare Gallery Pall Mall London."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.12159
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31978
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Thomas Ryder, 1746–1810, Irish, The Murder of James First, King of Scotland, 1792
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