Photograph of a print depicting the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. A photograph recording a print after the original manuscript from the papers of Robert Beale, Clerk of the Privy Council, which is now preserved in the British Library, see MS Additional 48027, f. 650.

The execution of Mary, Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay on 7th February 1587. The drawing illustrates both the lay out and events of the execution and depicts onlookers surrounding a platform. Mary is depicted three times, showing the progress of the event, first she enters with two female figures, she is then attended by her gentlewoman on the platform, and finally the drawing shows the moment of her death, with the Queen kneeling by the block with the executioner axe raised.