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The Lady Abbess of the English Nuns at Antwerp.
The Lady Abbess of the English Nuns at Antwerp.
Gab. Mathyas pinxt. Faber fect.
London, Printed for Tho.s Bowles in S.t Paul's Church Y.d & John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill [n.d., c.1750.]
Fine & rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark; sheet 380 x 285mm (15 x 11¼"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet at sides.
A three-quarter length portrait of a nun, seated to the right, wearing the habit. Her right hand lifted to the edge of her veil, and her left hand is resting on an open book on a table beside her, below a crucifix and skull. The sitter is indentified as English nun Mary Howard, of the Holy Cross (1653-1735), daughter of English playwright and politician Sir Robert Howard (1626-98).
CS 195 I of II.
[Ref: 61588]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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