Nuns Collection

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

Carmelite Nuns
Discalced (= Barefoot) Carmelite Nuns

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

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

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

Dominican Nuns
DOMINICAN NUNS

Dominican Nuns
DOMINICAN NUNS

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

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

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

Three Nuns Tobacco Advertisement
An advertisement illustration promoting Three Nuns Tobacco, of which there is none nicer. The image displays a box of the product, placed beside a pipe. Date: circa 1939

Punch At The Convent
This painting depicts a scene where a seated crowd of spectators, with children at the front, are viewing a traditional Punch and Judy puppet show at a convent, nuns are tending to the audience

Military Hospital at Abassieh, Egypt
The staff on the ward of the military hospital at Abassieh, Egypt, under the direction of English sisters (nuns). Likely used in the Mahdist War

Tilly Losch (1903-1975), also known as Ottilie Herbert, and later Countess of Carnarvon, was an Austrian dancer, actress and painter

Young Nun Girl
A portrait oil painting of a young girl wearing a nun's headdress. Date: circa 1930

St Joseph's Children's Home, Freshfield, Formby
Nuns in the chapel at St Joseph's Children's Home, Freshfield, Formby, near Liverpool Date: circa 1946

Christian Religious Orders - L-R (standing) Benedictine nun, Benedictine monk, Cluniac, Cistercian, Carthusian, nun of St Gilbert, regular canon of St Gilbert, Trinitarian, Knight Templar

The House of Many Windows, Nunnery House, Arthington, Wharfdale, Yorkshire, England. Many of the windows are a sham, having been bricked up at the time of the Window Tax. Date: 1960s

Mechelen: cathedral of St Rombaux Date: 1915

BERNADETTE DIES
When Bernadette Soubirous dies, a nun, at Nevers, not only do nuns hover round her deathbed, but angels hover overhead Date: 16 April 1879

1860s Japan - portrait of mendicant nuns beggars Felice or Felix Beato (1832 - 29 January 1909), Italian-British photographer working mostly in India, Japan, China

Nuns on a bench at Deal, Kent
Three nuns confer on a seafront bench, at Deal, Kent. Date: circa 1950s

Taking the veil at the church of the convent of the most Holy Trinity at Bermondsey, which opened for the reception of the sisterhood of the Order of our blessed Lady of Mercy in November 1839

Crypt of the ancient priory of Black-Nuns
Remains of the crypt part of the ancient priory of Black-Nuns, adjoining St. Helens Church, Bishopsgate Street. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of

A specimen of ancient building, King Street, London
A specimen of ancient building. Old timber-frame houses situated on the west side of King Street, Westminster. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of

English gentleman at the tomb of Petrarchs muse, Laura de Sade, Laure des Noves, in the Chapelle des Sade, convent of the Cordeliers, Avignon. At the tomb of Laura

A lustful monk Lucius tricks and seduces a young girl
A lustful monk Lucius tricks and seduces a young virginal peasant girl in his cave. The hermit. L Ermite. Lithograph after an illustration by Charles Martin from Jean de la Fontaines Contes et

Nuns returning to their convent, Castle Cornet, Guernsey, May 1936. 1936

In front of the grave well in Lourdes, France. circa 1898

Nuns and nurses, South London Hospital for Women & Children Nuns and nurses
Nuns and nurses, South London Hospital for Women & Children. Reverse reads Outside back of Balham Hill Walls still not repaired after bombing during 1939-1945 War

ORLEANS CATHEDRAL / 1830S
The Catedral of St Croix, Orleans Date: 1830s

RC ENTICING NUNS 1851
How the Roman Catholics entice innocent girls into convents - letting them take the veil, and appropriating their money - an example of anti-Catholic feeling in Victorian England Date: 1851

Two nuns chat in the streets of Dubrovnik, Croatia
Two nuns chat in the streets of Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia. One of them carries a large bunch of red lilies Date: 1985

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

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

Chichen Itza - Mayan Ruins, Mexico
Chichen Itza, a world-famous complex of Mayan ruins on Mexicos Yucatan Peninsula. This card shows a small temple known as the La Iglesia (" The Church" )

The Convent, Lydenburg, Transvaal, South Africa
The Convent, Lydenburg, a gold mining town in Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Abbey of Port-Royal des Champs. Anonymous, 18th century. Aft
Abbey of Port-Royal des Champs. Female Cistercian Monastery diffuser of Jansenism. Gouache on parchment glued wood. Anonymous, 18th century. After an engraving of Magdeleine Horthemels (1686-1767)

Valletta, Malta - street scene near Church of San Francesco
Valletta, Malta: street scene near the church of San Francesco. Date: 1909

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