Nuns Collection (page 7)

Laus Perennis, illustration from The Church of England
STC393336 Laus Perennis, illustration from The Church of England: A History for the People by H.D.M. Spence-Jones, pub. c.1910 (litho) (sepia photo) by Shepperson

Nuns from Ta-Tshang Nunnery, 1887-1908 (b / w photo)
468795 Nuns from Ta-Tshang Nunnery, 1887-1908 (b/w photo) by White, John Claude (1853-1918); Private Collection; (add.info.: From Sikhim and Bhutan: Twenty-One Years on the North-East Frontier)

St. Pieters at Louvain, a Christening Party (oil on canvas)
TW426637 St. Pieters at Louvain, a Christening Party (oil on canvas) by Steenwyck, Hendrik van (1550-1603); 63.5x93.7 cm; Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear

Pelham Priory, Westchester, New York, 1854 (w / c, gouache and graphite on paper)
NYH187345 Pelham Priory, Westchester, New York, 1854 (w/c, gouache and graphite on paper) by Miller, William Rickarby (1818-93); 26x35.5 cm; Collection of the New-York Historical Society

Madame de Sazilles is exorcised in the presence of Duke Gaston d Orleans
CHT184302 Madame de Sazilles is exorcised in the presence of Duke Gaston d Orleans, illustration for the possessed of Loudun in Les Mysteres de la Science by Louis Figuier

Three Wise Virgins, 1907 (w / c on paper)
PNH368257 Three Wise Virgins, 1907 (w/c on paper) by Schwabe, Carlos (1866-1926); 13x10.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Drawn from the parable of the Ten Virgins, or Wise Virgins)

A picturesque Catholic festival in Asmara (Eritrea) (colour litho)
2809254 A picturesque Catholic festival in Asmara (Eritrea) (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A picturesque Catholic festival in Asmara (Eritrea)

The great heroics, a nun who saves her students by throwing them from the window of a school... (colour litho)
2814850 The great heroics, a nun who saves her students by throwing them from the window of a school... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Scenes from the Sino-Japanese War (Colour Litho)
2783809 Scenes from the Sino-Japanese War (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scenes from the Sino-Japanese War)

Nuns in a convent preparing to celebrate Epiphany (litho)
5997249 Nuns in a convent preparing to celebrate Epiphany (litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nuns in a convent preparing to celebrate Epiphany)

Glory to the Hero, diptych, 1933 (tempera on canvas)
5642707 Glory to the Hero, diptych, 1933 (tempera on canvas) by Roerich, Nicholas (1874-1947); 79.2A--96.7 cm; Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York; eNicholas Roerich Museum; Russian, out of copyright

Practicing for the Concert - a Scene in a Girls School in France (litho)
6014297 Practicing for the Concert - a Scene in a Girls School in France (litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Search after Truth, c. 1490 (tapestry)
BAL13100 The Search after Truth, c.1490 (tapestry) by German School, (15th century); Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK; German, out of copyright

The Second Nun, detail from The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer (c
SR21929 The Second Nun, detail from The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1342-1400) Ellesmere Manuscript, facsimile edition, 1911 (for original detail see 128940) by English School

Madonna della Misericordia (tempera on panel)
AII80573 Madonna della Misericordia (tempera on panel) by Master of the Accademia Madonna, (14th century); Galleria dell Accademia & Museo degli Strumenti Musicali, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; Italian

Loretto Convent, 1871 (albumen print (composite))
996296 Loretto Convent, 1871 (albumen print (composite)) by Bell-Smith, Frederic Marlett (1846-1923) & James Inglis (1835-1904); 22.3x34.3 cm; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

Deutschland Uber Alles, illustration from The Kaisers Garland by Edmund J
779919 Deutschland Uber Alles, illustration from The Kaisers Garland by Edmund J. Sullivan, pub. 1916 (litho) by Sullivan

The Abbess of Coldingham Monastery cutting of her nose and upper Lip as an example for her Nuns to follow
3630904 The Abbess of Coldingham Monastery cutting of her nose and upper Lip as an example for her Nuns to follow, to prevent being Ravished by the Danes (engraving) by Wale

Resurrection of young Napoleone Orsini, 1890-1905
3433379 Resurrection of young Napoleone Orsini, 1890-1905 by Besson, Charles Jean Baptiste (1816-61); Convent of San Sisto Vecchio, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Napoleone Orsini (c)

Robert Is Encouraged by Bertram and the Ghosts of the Nuns to Take the Magic Branch (chromolitho)
735644 Robert Is Encouraged by Bertram and the Ghosts of the Nuns to Take the Magic Branch (chromolitho) by European School

Nuns sewing (b / w photo)
730231 Nuns sewing (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nuns sewing. Postcard.); Look and Learn / Valerie Jackson Harris Collection; English

After unspeakable suffering, thousands and thousands of refugees from Austria, mostly women... (colour litho)
2815766 After unspeakable suffering, thousands and thousands of refugees from Austria, mostly women... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Nuns were crushed by a train under which they had taken refuge to save themselves from the sudden rain (colour litho)
2815116 Nuns were crushed by a train under which they had taken refuge to save themselves from the sudden rain (colour litho) by Beltrame

The homage of a people to an exemplary minister of God (colour litho)
2808951 The homage of a people to an exemplary minister of God (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The homage of a people to an exemplary minister of God)

The Cases Of Spain, Miss Ubao Forcibly Torn From The Convent, In Madrid, Where She Was... (colour litho)
2798410 The Cases Of Spain, Miss Ubao Forcibly Torn From The Convent, In Madrid, Where She Was... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Cases Of Spain)

The Distribution of Christmas Gifts to Poor Children in Hospital (colour litho)
2798381 The Distribution of Christmas Gifts to Poor Children in Hospital (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Search In The Monastery Of The Assumption Oblate Nuns, Paris (colour litho)
2798246 The Search In The Monastery Of The Assumption Oblate Nuns, Paris (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Residents of an orphanage run by the Sisters of St Joseph, Mandalay, Burma (b / w photo)
3104569 Residents of an orphanage run by the Sisters of St Joseph, Mandalay, Burma (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Lunchtime at the Hospice at Beaune (oil on canvas(
2644206 Lunchtime at the Hospice at Beaune (oil on canvas( by Bail, Joseph (1862-1921); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sisters of Charity of the Hospices of Beaune in worked in the Hospital for)

Wartime "Early Riders", 1915 (litho)
STC407199 Wartime " Early Riders", 1915 (litho) by Sabattier, Louis Remy (1863-1935); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

Madame Carnot on her deathbed, illustration from Le Petit Journal
STC416013 Madame Carnot on her deathbed, illustration from Le Petit Journal: Supplement illustre, 16th October 1898 (colour litho) by French School

The Promenade of the Orphans, 1888 (oil on canvas)
XIR418363 The Promenade of the Orphans, 1888 (oil on canvas) by Le Sidaner, Henri Eugene Augustin (1862-1939); 126x210 cm; Musee des Beaux-Arts, Dunkirk

France Costume
LLM458661 France Costume by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: France Costume. Illustration for Le Costume Historique by M A Racinet (Firmin Didot, 1888)

The Convent of Palermo, c. 1850 (w / c on paper)
BAT400511 The Convent of Palermo, c.1850 (w/c on paper) by Ferrario, Carlo (1833-1907); Galleria d Arte Moderna, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; Photo eNicol Orsi Battaglini; Italian

St. Jacques, Dieppe (oil on canvas)
LEF221003 St. Jacques, Dieppe (oil on canvas) by Sickert, Walter Richard (1860-1942); Private Collection; Photo eLefevre Fine Art Ltd. London; English, out of copyright

Robin Hood coming to Kirkley Hall, c. 1920 (colour litho)
1122932 Robin Hood coming to Kirkley Hall, c.1920 (colour litho) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915); Private Collection; (add.info)

Apres le Reveillon (colour litho)
3098394 Apres le Reveillon (colour litho) by Delort, Charles Edouard (1841-95); Private Collection; (add.info.: Apres le Reveillon. Illustration from Le Figaro Illustre, 1886.); © Look and Learn

Children in New Caledonia taken to the washing place by the Missionary Sisters
CHT199432 Children in New Caledonia taken to the washing place by the Missionary Sisters, engraved by Gillot, late 19th century (colour litho) by French School

Ms 18 fol. 208v The Death of Louis XI (1461-83), from the
XIR192394 Ms 18 fol.208v The Death of Louis XI (1461-83), from the Memoires de Philippe de Commines, 1489-98 (vellum) by French School, (15th century); Musee Thomas Dobree, Nantes, France; French

The nuns of Anglet (b / w photo)
6025437 The nuns of Anglet (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The nuns of Anglet)

MS 300 f. 26r, David prays to God, folio from the Psalter and Hours of Isabella of France
5911886 MS 300 f.26r, David prays to God, folio from the Psalter and Hours of Isabella of France, Paris, c.1265-70 (pen & ink and tempera on parchment) by French School

The Convent Shrine (engraving)
1620164 The Convent Shrine (engraving) by Wyburd, Francis John (1826-1909); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Convent Shrine. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 22 February 1862)

Taking the Veil (engraving)
1586779 Taking the Veil (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Taking the Veil. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 21 May 1842)

"The Cloister or the World"(engraving)
1036711 " The Cloister or the World" (engraving) by Hacker, Arthur (1858-1919); Private Collection; (add.info.: " The Cloister or the World")

With the Mediterranean Squadron, a visit of the Sisters of the Poor to a Man of War (engraving)
1036541 With the Mediterranean Squadron, a visit of the Sisters of the Poor to a Man of War (engraving) by English School

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