Image of the Month - October 2007
©Canterbury Cathedral Library
Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, from a painting in possession of Lord Buchan. Reproduced in Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots : being the secret history of her life … , translated by Eliza Haywood (London: Printed for D. Browne Junior, S. Chapman, and J. Woodman and D. Lyon, 1726).
From Canterbury Cathedral Library's current exhibition - 'Exemplary lives and memorable acts’: women of the world, from the collections of Canterbury Cathedral Library (15th-25th October). To mark the Canterbury Festival, Canterbury Cathedral Library will be staging an exhibition that will draw upon its rich resources of books owned, written by or for women. The exhibition will take place in the Howley Harrison room, and will explore the varied experiences of women, in both the domestic and the public realms.
Updated: 29 July 2008