The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots 

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The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

A realistic reproduction of this famous historical scene. Costumes of the period, and shows beheading of the ill-fated Queen.

M.B. 1898

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1 Edison 142  
2 William Heise  
3 28/08/1895.  
4 États-Unis. West Orange. Edison Laboratory.  

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27/08/1896 Australie. Sydney. Criterion Theatre J. F. McMahon The execution of Mary Queen of Scots
08/09/1896 FranceSaint-Quentin Cinématographe  La Décapitation d'une femme 
26/09/1896 Australie. Brisbane. J. F. McMahon The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
 
Realism could scarcely be more vividly pourtrayed, for instance, than in one of the pictures thrown on the screen last night. It represented the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. Amid a group of armed men, the hapless Queen, attended by one of her ladies-in-waiting, walks with royal dignity to the scaffold. Her head and neck coverings are removed by the attendant ; the Queen kneels for a few moments in prayer, and then places her head on the block. The executioner does his ghastly work, the head rolls off, and is lifted by the axeman and held aloft.
The Brisbane Courier, Brisbane, samedi 26 septembre 1896, p. 4.
14/11/1896 FranceNîmes Datigny La Mort de Mary Stuart
 

[...] à citer l’émouvante scène représentant “l’exécution de Marie Stuart” : la hache se lève, le sang jaillit, la tête roule sur le sol et le bourreau la saisit aux cheveux pour la montrer à son entourage.


L’Indépendant des Pyrénées-Orientales, 21 novembre 1896.

29/04/1897 Cuba. La Havane. Yorik Decapitación de la Reina Estuardo de Escocia

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