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The FAIR NUN UNMASK'D.
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The FAIR NUN UNMASK'D.

Date1769
Publisher Carington Bowles (1724 - 1793)
After work by Henry Morland
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving
DimensionsOH: 16 3/4" x OW: 11 3/4"; Plate H: 14" x W: 9 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1973-255
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "The FAIR NUN UNMASK'D./ H. Moreland pinx.t/ Carington Bowles excudit./ Publish'd as the Act directs A.D. 1769./ Oh her white Breast a sparkling Cross she wore/ Which Jews might kiss and Infidels adore. ~POPE./ Printed for CARINGTON BOWLES, Map & Printseller, N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, LONDON."