COLDINGHAM: Abbess mutiliation avoid Viking rape, antique print c1771

---

'The Abbess of Coldingham Monastery cutting of her nose & upper lip as an example for her Nuns to follow, to prevent being Ravished by the Danes'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Engraved by Grignion Sculpt; Drawn by Wale Del; Engraved for the Complete English Traveller. Provenance: "The Complete English Traveller; or, a new survey and description of England and Wales", by Nathaniel Spencer, Esq.; Published by J. Cooke, London. Type: Antique copperplate engraving.

---

Size: 1661px × 2641px
Location: Scotland
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1771, 18th, abbess, antique, avoid, century, clergy, coldingham, complete, cooke, copperplate, cutting, danes, del, description, eighteenth, england, english, engraved, engraving, follow, grignion, lip, london, monastery, mutiliation, nathaniel, nose, nuns, prevent, print, rape, ravished, scotland, sculpt, spencer, survey, traveller, upper, viking, vintage, wale, wales