The Battle-Array of Carberry-hill near Edinburgh with the surrender of Mary Queen of Scots to the Confederate Lords of Scotland, and the escape of Earl Bothwell, 1567

Vogelaare, Livinus de, after · 1742

Engraving on paper of the surrender of Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587) to the confederate lords of Scotland at the Battle of Carberry Hill on 15 June 1567, engraved and etched by George Vertue (1684-1756) in London in 1742. It is a copy of a painting dated 1738 and attributed to Livinus de Vogelaare (fl. 1551-1600), current whereabouts unknown. The title is lettered in a scroll flanking a central design with emblematic unicorn, eagle and crown, scallop shell, chains, canon and other weapons. Queen Mary on horseback approaches the lords on the left, identified by their standards as (above, from right) Alexander Cunningham, Earl of Glencairn; John Steward, Earl of Athol; John Erskine, Earl of Mar; Lord Patrick Lindsey; William Ruthven, Earl of Gowrie; Lord Robert Sempill and William Kirkcaldy of Grange; (and below, from right) James Douglas, Earl of Morton; Lord Alexander Home; and Lord Crichton of Sanquhar. The large banner depicts the dead body of Henry Stuart (1545-1567), Lord Darnley, and the infant Prince James (1566-1625) with the words ‘Judge & revenge my cause o Lord’.