Nuns Collection

Naughty Nuns
Naughty nuns, respecting their vows of celibacy, but not much else

Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims on the road
* NOTE - FULL FILE IS A LONG PANORAMA - Preview split into 3 sections for ease of viewing * Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims on the road reproduction of a painting by Stephen Reid (1873-1948) (from left)

Nun on a skateboard, holding her arms out for balance. Date: circa 1970s

Carmelite Nuns
Discalced (= Barefoot) Carmelite Nuns

Nun looking at the camera, with her finger covering her lips as if in a conspiracy of silence. Date: circa 1970s

Nun Swivels Hula Hoop On Hips
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: October 18, 1958. Benedictine Sisters at the Christ King Convent in Oklahoma City try their hand at the hula hoop craze that is sweeping the country

Ursuline Nuns (Nuns of the Order of Saint Ursula of Cologne)

Dominican Nuns
DOMINICAN NUNS

Dominican Nuns
DOMINICAN NUNS

Naughty Nuns - 2
Two naughty nuns, sworn to celibacy, find compensation

Alverton House Lodge, Truro, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Alverton House Lodge exterior with two ladies. The oldest part of the house dates from 1830 and was built for William Tweedy of Truro Vean

Nun on a bicycle in a playground. Date: circa 1970s

St Josephs Catholic Boys Home, Enfield, Middlesex
Boys and nuns at St Josephs Catholic Boys Home, Enfield, Middlesex. Date: circa 1900

Alverton House, Truro, Cornwall. Early 1900s
The rear of Alverton House showing two wings. The oldest part of the house dates from 1830 and was built for William Tweedy of Truro Vean

Nuns in Boat
A group of nuns in the launch from the Christo Rey. When the floating church goes inland the sisters go ashore to administer help and advice

Nuns in Venice, Italy
Nuns walking along a narrow passageway in Venice, Italy. circa 1969

St Teresa of Avila with angel of justice
Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), Carmelite nun and visionary, pleads for mercy with the angel of justice

St Teresa of Avila
Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), visionary (head and shoulders portrait)

St Catherine of Sienna negotiating with Pope Gregory XI on behalf of the Florentines (litho)
1074496 St Catherine of Sienna negotiating with Pope Gregory XI on behalf of the Florentines (litho) by Fortescue-Brickdale

Evicted, from MacMillan school posters, c. 1950-60s (litho)
3709078 Evicted, from MacMillan school posters, c.1950-60s (litho) by Leighton, Edmund Blair (1853-1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: E Blair Leighton (1853-1922) MacMillan school posters

Little Sisters of the Poor (chromolitho)
1094337 Little Sisters of the Poor (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: French educational card, late 19th or early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Sister Gabriel, chief coach, manager and trainer of the St Josephs Primary School football team in Bradford, Yorkshire during pre season training. 23rd September 1965

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: St. Peter s, 16th century. 16th century. Creator: Anon
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: St. Peter s, 16th century

Saint Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely
Saint Etheldreda (or Ethelthrith, or Aethelthryth), Abbess of Ely, daughter of King Anna of East Anglia. Seen here with two nuns, fleeing from her husband who wanted to consummate their marriage

Nuns rosary, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

DEUTSCHLAND WRECK
Several perish when the German steamship Deutschland is wrecked off Kentish Knock in the Thames Estuary; the death of five Franciscan nuns inspires poet G M Hopkins

The Death of Saint Clare, c. 1400 / 1410. Creator: Master of Heiligenkreuz
The Death of Saint Clare, c. 1400/1410

Nuns walking in Campo de Fiori square, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Detail of Begijnhof (Beguine House), Bruges, Belgium, Europe

Shoes of the Missionaries of Charity, a congregation founded by Mother Teresa, and Sanpietrini pavingstones, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Prince Philip with his mother, Princess Alice of Greece
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1921), pictured with his mother Princess Andrew of Greece, formerly Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885 - 1969)

Three nuns visit an abbot, France, 15th century. The nuns in veils and habits, the abbot standing in a gothic gabled porch. Abbe recevant des religieuses. France, XVe siecle

Spain, Burgos. Santa Maria la Real de Las Huelgas Abbey. The building was originally a summer palace of the Castilian kings. It was transformed into a Cistercian convent in 1187 by Alfonso VIII

Spain, Salamanca. House of Santa Teresa. Patio. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882.

Photograph of Three Nuns Hotel, Aldgate, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

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)

Nobby Stiles opens orphanage fete in Teeside, Middlesbrough. Circa 1972Nobby Stiles opens orphanage fete in Teeside, Middlesbrough. Circa 1972

Nuns leaving St Chads Cathedral, Birmingham after a special service for the Pope Pius XII following the news of his death earlier in the week. 9th October 1958

The Nuns Olympics. Left to Right Spike Milligan, David Cannon, Barbara Bremel, Susan Crosland and Kevin Moran

Nuns looking at a man on a motorbike, Watchfield Pop festival. Watchfield, Wiltshire, August 1975

Nuns build a convent. Every moring 18 nuns don aprons over their habits and start building. They are out to build their own chapel, cloisters, choir and cells

Nuns on motorbikes in Ardrossan in Scotland, 30th April 1971

Catholic nuns, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

African nun, Popenguine, Thies, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Small children take a nap during the afternoon, Sri Lanka
Two nuns watch as small children take a nap during the heat of the afternoon at a school run by the The Good Shepherd Sisters, in Sri Lanka Date: 1995

Nuns at puja (prayers) at Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal

Nuns walking by Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Yangon Region, Myanmar

Asia, Southeast Asia, Myanmar, nuns praying at the Buddhist temples at the UNESCO World Heritage listed Shwedagon pagoda

Nuns on the Kapellplatz Suare, Altoetting, Chiemgau, Bavaria, Germany

Ura, Bhutan. Buddist nuns in Bhutan

Princess Alice of Greece with her granddaughter, Dorothea
Princess Andrew of Greece (1885-1969), formerly Princess Alice of Battenberg, kissing her granddaughter, Princess Dorothea of Hesse-Cassel, the daughter of her fourth daughter, Princess Sophie

Filippo Lippi and Lucrezia Buti, 1870 (oil on canvas)
8620199 Filippo Lippi and Lucrezia Buti, 1870 (oil on canvas) by Scherer, Emilio (1845-1924); Stuard gallery, Parma, Italy; (add.info.: Filippo Lippi e Lucrezia Buti, 1870, Emilio Scherer)

Smoking Nuns
The Art Concept

Maria Francisca of Savoy, Queen of Portugal
8672925 Maria Francisca of Savoy, Queen of Portugal, in the Convent of Our Lady of Hope, Lisbon, 1667-1668 (colour litho) by Gameiro

Painting. Anonymous. Portrait of Soeur Marie-Therese Saliez
6262043 Painting. Anonymous. Portrait of Soeur Marie-Therese Saliez. ACCLAMATIONS AVEC BONHEUR UNE VRAIE SOEUR DES PAUVRES. Oil on canvas

Seven nuns martyred in Taiyuan-Fou (Taiyuan Fou) on July 9
FGL5494372 Seven nuns martyred in Taiyuan-Fou (Taiyuan Fou) on July 9, 1900 in China: Mary Hermine (Mary Hermine) of Jesus, Mary della Pace (Maria della Pace), Maria Chiara, Mary of St

Spinner nuns, 18th century (oil on canvas)
8678365 Spinner nuns, 18th century (oil on canvas) by Magnasco, Alessandro (1667-1749); 45x30 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Painting by Alessandro Magnasco); Luisa Ricciarini

After the Battle of Gravelotte. 1870 or 1871. Franco-Prussian War
2598982 After the Battle of Gravelotte. 1870 or 1871. Franco-Prussian War; (add.info.: After the Battle of Gravelotte)

After the Battle of Gravelotte, 1870
1580674 After the Battle of Gravelotte, 1870; (add.info.: After the Battle of Gravelotte. Sisters of Mercy arriving on the battle field to succour the wounded.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Madonna of the Rosary (The Madonna del Rosario)
BEN5475750 Madonna of the Rosary (The Madonna del Rosario). A wreath of roses is placed on the head of the Virgin while two Saints hand her white lilies, rosaries and hearts symbolizing faith

Painting. Anonymous. Portrait of Soeur Marie-Therese Saliez
6262020 Painting. Anonymous. Portrait of Soeur Marie-Therese Saliez. Oil on canvas

Painting. Anonymous. Portrait of prieure Charlotte Carton. Oil on canvas. 17th century
6262019 Painting. Anonymous. Portrait of prieure Charlotte Carton. Oil on canvas

Parish museum. Painting. Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (Transverberacion de Santa Teresa)
6267477 Parish museum. Painting. Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (Transverberacion de Santa Teresa). Oil on canvas

Parish museum. Painting. (Nuestra Senora de la Paloma)
6267471 Parish museum. Painting. (Nuestra Senora de la Paloma). Part of the altar (Retablo del Santisimo Cristo de los Milagros). Oil on canvas

Christian charity : a nun gives bread to a poor family, beg of 20th century (postcard)
PCT5618143 Christian charity : a nun gives bread to a poor family

Worldly priests
3479521 Worldly priests; (add.info.: Worldly priests and nuns listening to a Sermon. From John Foxe Actes and Monuments (the book Martyrs) 1576.); Universal History Archive/UIG

French 19th century illustration depicting Saint Julie Billiart
5306345 French 19th century illustration depicting Saint Julie Billiart; Universal History Archive/UIG

Paradise, 1651-52 (fresco)
8683520 Paradise, 1651-52 (fresco) by Preti, Mattia (Il Calabrese) (1613-99); Chiesa di San Biagio nel Carmine, Modena, Italy; (add.info.: "Paradise", fresco by Mattia Preti, 1651-2)

Brunelleschi illustration for Contes et Nouvelles de La Fontaine (colour litho)
8646788 Brunelleschi illustration for Contes et Nouvelles de La Fontaine (colour litho) by Brunelleschi

Portrait of a Woman, Possibly a Novice of San Secondo, c.1490 (oil on wood)
XOS5879195 Portrait of a Woman, Possibly a Novice of San Secondo, c.1490 (oil on wood) by Veneziano, Jacometto (fl.1472-97) (attr)

The Mortification, 1763 or before (oil on paper laid down on board))
XOS5877574 The Mortification, 1763 or before (oil on paper laid down on board)) by Zuccarelli, Francesco (1702-88); 35.2x27.3 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

New York Foundling Hospital - Sister Anna Michella with baby and cradle
8855377 New York Foundling Hospital - Sister Anna Michella with baby and cradle, 1917-26 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Collection of the New-York Historical Society

Nuns of the Order of St Clare, 18th century (wood sculpture)
AIS5375615 Nuns of the Order of St Clare, 18th century (wood sculpture); Museo de Arte Colonial, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala; (add.info.: Museum of Colonial Arts)

Collegiate church. Interior. Painting (Virgen de la Paloma)
6267491 Collegiate church. Interior. Painting (Virgen de la Paloma). The virgin on an altar, a halo. Oil on canvas

At the Choir, 1866 (oil on board)
8702206 At the Choir, 1866 (oil on board) by Borrani, Odoardo (1834-1905); 45.8x72 cm; Istituto Matteucci, Viareggio

A nun from Philologus Hebraeo-Mixtus
3331107 A nun from Philologus Hebraeo-Mixtus'; (add.info.: Illustration of a nun from Philologus Hebraeo-Mixtus by Johann Leusden (1624-1699) a Dutch Calvinist theologian

Revolt of the nuns of Odivelas, Portugal, 1723 (colour litho)
8672934 Revolt of the nuns of Odivelas, Portugal, 1723 (colour litho) by Gameiro, Alfredo Roque (1864-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Revolt of the nuns of the Convent of Saint Denis)

Nuns under Republican Protection during the Revolution (litho)
8661336 Nuns under Republican Protection during the Revolution (litho) by Haenen, Frederic de (1853-1928); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nuns under Republican Protection during the Revolution)

Brunelleschi illustration for Contes et Nouvelles de La Fontaine (colour litho)
8651089 Brunelleschi illustration for Contes et Nouvelles de La Fontaine (colour litho) by Brunelleschi

The nuns or In the morning, 1862 (oil on canvas)
8702221 The nuns or In the morning, 1862 (oil on canvas) by Cabianca, Vincenzo (1827-1902); 36x99 cm; Istituto Matteucci, Viareggio

New York Foundling Hospital nuns with children (b/w photo)
8855380 New York Foundling Hospital nuns with children (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Collection of the New-York Historical Society, USA; © New-York Historical Society

Painting. Anonymous. Portrait of Soeur Marie-Therese Saliez. Oil on canvas
6262042 Painting. Anonymous. Portrait of Soeur Marie-Therese Saliez

Parish museum. Painting. Saint Anna
6267463 Parish museum. Painting. Saint Anna. Signed left bottom: Luis Fernandez (1594 -1654). Oil on canvas

Parish museum. Painting. Portrait of Maria Gasca de la Vega. Oil on canvas. Before 1625
6265818 Parish museum. Painting. Portrait of Maria Gasca de la Vega. Oil on canvas

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