Tour Scotland Travel Video Execution Mary Queen Of Scots Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Glasgow

Tour Scotland travel video Blog of the tragic Execution of Mary Queen Of Scots painting by Robert Herdman in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum on ancestry visit to Glasgow, Scotland. The scene depicted is the execution of Mary Queen of Scots at Fotheringay Castle, Northampton, England, on 8th February 1587. Wearing widow's clothes and a white veil, Mary, Queen of Scots walks towards the executioner's block. The light captures the serenity and courage of her expression. She is watched with mixed emotions by some of her followers and by her enemies. The two ladies at the foot of the stage are her attendants Elizabeth Curle and Jane Kennedy, the man between them is Sir Andrew Melville, Master of Mary’s household.

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