Artwork
Mary Stuart and the dead body of Douglas
Mary Stuart and the dead body of Douglas is a watercolor work on paper by Lami. It dates from 1850 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
A watercolour by Lami from 1850 shows Mary Stuart cradling the lifeless body of Douglas, an episode drawn from Sir Walter Scott’s chapter 39 of The Abbot.
Artist & collection
Artist
This artist left a quiet record of 19th-century life in watercolor, mostly scenes of British soldiers and buildings.
Death of Gaston de Foix in the Battle of Ravenna on 11 April 1512
Capture of Joan of Arc
Guzmán el Bueno
Battle of Lithuanians with the Teutonic knights
Queen Victoria at a review in Cobham
Illustrations for Faust: Marguerite at church
The Legend of the Danish Flag (the Dannebrog) Falling from the Heavens during the Battle of Lyndanise in Estonia in 1219
The Murder of David Rizzio
The Armourer's Tale
Wacław's farewell to Maria
The disasters of war
Charles V Frees the Slaves in Tunis