Mary commonly referred to as “Saint Mary”, “Mother Mary”, the “Virgin Mary”, the “Blessed Virgin Mary”, or “Mary, Mother of God”. The image is from the book Women in Sacred History by Harriet Beecher Stowe, copyright 1873. Of the illustrations in the book, the publisher writes: “… In every case an accurate copy in oils was painted by a skillful artist, and this, together with photographs from the original pictures, the best impressions from the best engravings, etc., formed the basis on which Jehenne, the artist-lithographer, founded his conscientious work.”
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