Halo Gallery

Saint Francis of Assisi

Saint Francis of Assisi (Giovanni Francesco di Bernardone 1182-1226) - Catholic deacon and preacher and founder of the Order of Friars Minor, more commonly known as the Franciscans. Most well known as the patron saint of animals.

© Mary Evans/Malcolm Greensmith Collection

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Lourdes, France - The Virgin Crowned statue

Lourdes, France - The Statue of the Crowned Virgin, often known as the "Crowned Statue" (La Vierge Couronnee), standing across Rosary Square from the Rosary Basilica, facing the entrance. The statue, cast in bronze, is painted white and blue in the traditional colours and has a rosary in the Birgittine style incorporating six decades. Date: circa 1914

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Suffragette Madonna - Crop of 1910 - Anti-Suffrage card

Anti-Suffrage card - Suffragette Madonna - Crop of 1910 - The man of the House holding the baby whilst his wife goes out and campaigns for women's rights. It appeared to be the view of female suffrage adversaries that if women began to vote, they would shirk their motherly duties assume masculine roles, leaving their husbands no choice but to adopt female roles. Date: 1910