Mary Collection

The Annunciation, c1438-1445, (c1900-1920). Artist: Fra Angelico
The Annunciation, c1438-1445, (c1900-1920)

Apparition at Knock
Apparitions of Mary, Joseph and John the Evangelist appear on the wall of the Catholic church in the village of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland : pilgrims continue to flock

The Second Coming, 1794 (egg tempera & gold leaf on panel)
BNK258100 The Second Coming, 1794 (egg tempera & gold leaf on panel) by Abraham (18th century); 55x73 cm; Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece; © Benaki Museum ; Gift of A. Kalenderi in memory of A

CASSATT: SUMMERTIME, 1894. Summertime. Oil on canvas by Mary Cassatt, 1894

Madonna and Child, 17th century (oil on canvas)
AMO100868 Madonna and Child, 17th century (oil on canvas) by Vouet, Simon (1590-1649); 135x108 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; eAshmolean Museum; French, out of copyright

MARY BAKER EDDY / 1882-3
MARY BAKER EDDY Founder of Christian Science. Date: 1821 - 1910

Mary Seacole
Mary Jane Seacole (1805-1881), Jamaican born British Crimean War nurse, portrait. Also known as Mother Seacole

The Annunciation, 1898. Artist: Tanner, Henry Ossawa (1859-1937)
The Annunciation, 1898. Found in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia

The Mary Rose, Tudor ship, built in 1510. In service for 34 years, it sank in 1545. Discovered in 1971 it was successfully raised from the sea bed in 1982 amid much publicity. Date: 1982

Mary Anning (1799-1847)
Pioneer fossil collector of Lyme Regis, Dorset. Oil painting by an unknown artist, before 1842. Golden Cap is visible in the background. Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Mary of Seven Sorrows
Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows

Queen Mary, Cunard cruise ship
Poster by Turner of the Cunard liner, the Queen Mary

Mary, Queen of Scots in a red costume
Mary, Queen of Scotland, in a striking red costume

William and Mary College, Williamsburg, VA. Date c1902

King Henry VIII and his three wife and children
King Henry VIII (1491 - 1547), England Royalty, reigned (1509 1547) with three of his wifes and children

OCEAN LINER QUEEN MARY. The Cunard White Star liner Queen Mary launched in 1934. Painting, 1934, by William McDowell

Holy Infant of Prague
The miraculous Holy Infant of Prague was revealed by his mother Mary to Saint Cyril of the Mother of God, a barefoot Carmelite monk, at Prague, in the 9th century

Salus populi Romani, 6th century. Creator: Saint Luke the Evangelist
Salus populi Romani, 6th century. Found in the collection of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Roma

Fairy Revels
Enchanting illustration showing fairies dancing in a ring underneath a toadstool while pixies, elves and sprites watch and hold lamps. c.1925

Chromolithograph Devotional Card - The Virgin Mary 1911

The nursery rhyme, Mary, Mary, quite contrary
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Silver bells and cockle-shells, and pretty maids all in a row. Date: c. 1930

EYCK, Jan van (1390-1441); EYCK, Hubert van (1370-1426). The Ghent Altarpiece or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. 1425-1432. BELGIUM. Ghent. Saint Bavo Cathedral

Leonardo da Vinci drawing, mary and Jesus & John baptist as child, Italy

QUEEN MARY
Cunard White Star liner - at the time, both the largest and the fastest ship of her kind in the world, with accommodation for 5000 passengers. Date: launched 26 Sept. 1934

Bernadette and Mary
The Virgin Mary reveals to Bernadette Soubirous that she is the Immaculate Conception Date: 25 March 1858

Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scotland -- the inscription below reads Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, Widow of Francois II, King of France. The portrait shows her in mourning dress

Greek Orthodox icon depicting the Visitation, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece, Europe

Mary Pinnock as Ophelia by Julia Margaret Cameron
Ophelia (Mary Pinnock) by Julia Margaret Cameron. Date: 1867

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and their Children
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Consort Albert (1819-1961) and their Family (from top left, going across and then down): Victoria, Princess Royal (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa)

THE SUPREMES, c1963. American vocal trio. From left to right: Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, and Diana Ross in performance

Queen Victoria with King George and Queen Mary, 1893
Photographic portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, with her grandson King George V and his wife Queen Mary, pictured at Osborne House, 1893

Bernadettes 1st Vision
Bernadette Soubirous has her first vision of Mary at the Grotto

The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius, 1486. Artist: Crivelli, Carlo (c. 1435-c. 1495)
The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius, 1486. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

The Assumption of the Virgin Mary, 1642, by Guido Reni (1575
Guido Reni (1575-1642). Italian painter. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary, 1642. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

Tatler front cover - Mrs La Touche Congreve and baby daughte
Mrs William La Touche Congreve, wife of Major William ( Billy ) La Touche Congreve V.C. pictured with her baby daughter, Mary Gloria Congreve, born 21 March 1917

I hope Mr. Bingley will like it, illustration from Pride & Prejudice
XJF451372 I hope Mr. Bingley will like it, illustration from Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen, edition published in 1894 (engraving) by Thomson, Hugh (1860-1920); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr)

Mary Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797 - 1851), British writer best known for Frankenstein, and second wife of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Whitley Bay Lighthouse
The lighthouse on St. Marys Island, off Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England. Built in 1898, it was in use until 1984. Date: built 1898

Icon of Mary and saints Theodoros and Georgios with angels. 6th cent. St Catherines Monastery, Sinai. EGYPT. NOTE: This image avail. up to 100MB. Call for details

The Light Dragoons 1790 - 1992
The evolving uniform of The Light Dragoons

Our Lady of Fatima, Fatima, Estremadura, Portugal, Europe

Mary / Czestochowa
depicted as OUR LADY OF CZESTOCHOWA, Poland

Notre Dame De Lourdes
The Virgin Mary as supposedly seen by Bernadette - a highly romanticised Italian depiction

Mary Queen of Scots / Golf
Mary Queen of Scots playing golf at Saint Andrews, Scotland Date: 1563

Jesus Appears to Mary
Jesus appears, after his death, to Mary Magdalen

A Prayer to the Madonna, c1877-1912, (1912). Artist: Maurice Bompard
A Prayer to the Madonna, c1877-1912, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

Amelia Earhart, pioneering aviator, with plane
Amelia Mary Earhart (1897-1937), American pioneering aviator, standing in front of her plane. Date: circa 1930s

Scenes of Mestizaje. Circa 1750. Casta paintings
" Scenes of " Mestizaje". Circa 1750. Casta paintings by Luis de Mena. Colonial baroque. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Madrid. Americas Museum."

A 12th century Byzantine mosaic of the Virgin Mary and Child, Aya Sofya, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Early 12th Century Frescoes in Bet Maryam, St. Marys Church, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa

Mary, Russian Icon
Mary and Jesus, with attendant angels, as depicted in a Russian icon

Painting of the Visitation in the Visitation church in Ein Kerem, Israel, Middle East

Coronation of the Virgin Mary, Basilica of Fatima, Fatima, Estremadura, Portugal, Europe

The Virgin Orans, c. 1037. Artist: Byzantine Master
The Virgin Orans, c. 1037. Found in the collection of the Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kiev

Madonna and Child between St Francis and St John the Evangelist, c1320s. St Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) is bearing the stigmata on his left hand, while St John carries a book

Queen Mary of Teck (1867 - 1953), consort to King George V of Britain. Wearing high diamond neck choker and tiara Date: 1935

Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary consort, George V wearing the Imperial State Crown, and Royal Purple Robe of State

Royal crowns and sceptre
Symbols of imperial Majesty: St Edwards Crown, with 444 precious stones, remains one of the senior Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom, being the official coronation crown

Plesiosaurus
Pen and ink annotated drawing by Mary Anning, 1824. This marine reptile lived in Europe during the early Jurassic period about 200 million years ago

Mary in Secret Garden
Mary explores the gardens of Misselthwaite Manor

Agatha Christie
Crime author, Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

Advert for Bentley, the Silent Sports Car, featuring a Bentley motor car in front of a house in the village of Stratford St Mary in Essex. Buy a car made in the United Kingdom. Date: 1939

Joseph, Mary, and Jesus

Melkite icon of the Holy Family returning to Nazareth, Nazareth, Galilee, Israel, Middle East

The Adoration of the Christ Child. Creator: Unknown
The Adoration of the Christ Child. (ca. 1515)

Colour Woodcut print. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration

Princess looking in a mirror
A princess looking in a mirror, from The Black Princess. 20th century

Cambridge Cottage, Kew, the birthplace of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (mother of Queen Mary)

Cunard Line poster -- The largest passenger fleet on the Atlantic. Showing the fleet of ships, led by the Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mary, together with a key, November 1956. Date: 1956

Resplendent quetzal, Pharomachrus mocinno, and purple-rumped sunbird, Nectarinia zeylonica

ANGELICO, Fra. The Annunciation Altarpiece
ANGELICO, Fra (1387-1455). The Annunciation. 1430s. Left lower detail of the predella, depicting the wedding between Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Tempera on wood

St Mary Abchurch
circa 1800: The Church of St Mary Abchurch, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Kensington Infirmary, West London
The entrance to Kensington Infirmary on Wrights Lane (now Marloes Road) in West London

Lake Bled with church, Slovenia
View of Lake Bled with the Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of Mary, near the town of Bled in north west Slovenia

Lourdes grotto, Lourdes, Hautes Pyrenees, France, Europe

Mary Wollstonecraft
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT GODWIN writer, wife of William Godwin, mother of Mary Shelley

St. Marys, Amersham
The fine old church of St. Mary, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, with some of the picturesque old houses in this town of ancient buildings

QUEEN OF SCOTS WARRENT
The warrant to execute Mary Queen of Scots Date: 1587

Painting titled The Adoration of the Kings by Jan Gossaert, 16th century
Painting titled The Adoration of the Kings by Jan Gossaert

Our Ladye of Walsingham, Mary and Jesus
Our Ladye of Walsingham - Mary and Jesus

Greek Orthodox icon depicting Christs birth, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece, Europe

The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin, before 1402. Creator: Lorenzo Monaco
The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin, before 1402. Christ and the Virgin pray to God on behalf of a prominent Florentine family

The Kings Castle by Florence Mary Anderson
" The Kings Castle by Florence Mary Anderson

Whither Away by Florence Mary Anderson
A group of delicate looking fairies and pixies ride around on dragonflies and bees. c.1925

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EDITORS COMMENTS

Mary, a name that echoes through history with grace and significance. From Mary Seacole's unwavering dedication to nursing during the Crimean War, to Queen Mary of England who left an indelible mark on her reign. The majestic Cunard cruise ship, named after Queen Mary herself, sails across vast oceans carrying dreams and adventures. In contrast, we find solace in the sorrowful tale of Seven Sorrows, whose resilience in the face of tragedy inspires us all. At William and Mary College in Williamsburg, VA, knowledge blooms as students embrace their education with passion and determination. Recalling childhood memories, we hum along to the nursery rhyme 'Mary, Mary quite contrary, ' reminding us of innocence lost but never forgotten. Across borders lies another queen - Mary Stuart or better known as Mary Queen of Scots - whose story captivates hearts even today. Delving into science's wonders brings us closer to the remarkable discoveries made by paleontologist Mary Anning. Her groundbreaking work reshaped our understanding of prehistoric life forever. History whispers tales of King Henry VIII and his three wives and children; a tumultuous era filled with love and betrayal that shaped nations' destinies. The haunting remains of The Mary Rose remind us how time can preserve both triumphs and tragedies alike. Through vibrant colour woodcut prints crafted by Jan van Eyck & Hubert van Eyck emerges a princess looking into her mirror; reflecting not only her beauty but also her inner strength. As we ponder upon these diverse facets encompassed within one name – 'Mary, ' it becomes clear that this simple yet profound moniker has woven itself intricately into humanity's tapestry.