Lady Margaret Beaufort, , mother of King Henry VII of England and a major figure in the Wars of the Roses. Wearing a hood with wimple, black gown, kneeling beneath a canopy, her hands clasped in prayer before an open book of hours on a table. Margaret, Countess of Richmond. Copperplate engraving by Edward Harding from John Adolphus’ The British Cabinet, containing Portraits of Illustrious Personages, printed by T. Bensley for E. Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1799.

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