Author, penwoman, art historian, governess, literary critic (-1860)

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Saint Boniface. Etching by A. Jameson.

Five Benedictine saints: Saint Benedict, Saint Scholastica, Saint Justina, Saint Maurus, and Saint Placidus. Etching by Anna Jameson.

Six saints of the Franciscan order: Saint Bonaventure, Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Clare of Assisi, Saint Bernardino of Siena; Saint Louis of Toulouse. Etching by Anna Jameson.

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary: three figures. Etching by A. Jameson.

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Etching by A. Jameson.

Sacred and legendary art / by Anna Jameson; ed., with additional notes, by Estelle M. Hurll, and abundantly illustrated with designs from ancient and modern art.

Legends of the Madonna / by Anna Jameson, ed., with additional notes by Estelle M. Hurll and abundantly illustrated with designs from ancient and modern art.

Legends of the Madonna as represented in the fine arts : Forming the third series of Sacred and legendary art / by Mrs. Jameson. Illustrated by etchings and woodcuts.

The history of Our Lord as exemplified in works of art : with that of His types, St. John the Baptist, and other persons of the Old and New Testament / commenced by the late Mrs. Jameson ; continued and completed by Lady Eastlake.

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Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860

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Sacred and legendary art / by Anna Jameson; ed., with additional notes, by Estelle M. Hurll, and abundantly illustrated with designs from ancient and modern art.

Legends of the Madonna / by Anna Jameson, ed., with additional notes by Estelle M. Hurll and abundantly illustrated with designs from ancient and modern art.

Legends of the Madonna as represented in the fine arts : Forming the third series of Sacred and legendary art / by Mrs. Jameson. Illustrated by etchings and woodcuts.

Six saints of the Franciscan order: Saint Bonaventure, Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Clare of Assisi, Saint Bernardino of Siena; Saint Louis of Toulouse. Etching by Anna Jameson.

The history of Our Lord as exemplified in works of art : with that of His types, St. John the Baptist, and other persons of the Old and New Testament / commenced by the late Mrs. Jameson ; continued and completed by Lady Eastlake.