Mary and Elizabeth
- Artist:
- Type: Print
- Medium: Etching
- Production Date: 2014
- Edition: A/P
- Description: The sculptural work ‘Mary and Elizabeth‘ by Jacqueline Donachie was purchased for the University Art Collection in 2017 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions. The University campus, with its view of Stirling Castle, was felt to be a highly appropriate location for this work as ‘Mary‘ refers to Mary, Queen of Scots, and ‘Elizabeth‘, to Elizabeth I, Queen of England. The works are sited facing each other. Mary stands with her back to the Castle, where she was crowned at just nine months old on 9th September 1543. She is defending it from Elizabeth, who stands in an elevated position on the hill, in a position of power and authority. The distance between the two sculptures alludes to the tension between the two cousins.
The artist was commissioned in 2015 by the Edinburgh Arts Festival to create a piece for the St. James Centre in the city. Although the final location of the work was in Princes Street Gardens, the initial inspiration‘ which linked King James VI/I with his mother Mary and Elizabeth, his grandfather‘s cousin - came from the first plan for the site. King James united the two, after their deaths, by acceding the throne in 1603.
This Mary and Elizabeth copper plate etching printed in red ink was made by the artist in conjunction with Edinburgh Printmakers as an edition for the Art Festival in 2014. - Dimensions: Image size 21 x 22cm : Paper size 44 x 38cm
- Digital Copy:A digital copy exists.
- Location: Pathfoot Dining Room
- Accession Number: 2022.67
- Contact: University of Stirling Art Collection
