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.

Saint Thomas of Villanova. Etching by A. Jameson after W. Stirling Maxwell after B.E. Murillo.

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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Anna Brownell Jameson

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Images by Anna Brownell Jameson

Works from the collections

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.

Frequent collaborators

Anna Brownell Jameson

Images from the collections

Images by Anna Brownell Jameson

Works from the collections

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.

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