Héloïse as a nun in her cell contemplating the Holy Cross. Mezzotint by J.R. Smith, 1792.

[London] (St. George's Row, Hyde Park) : A.C. de Poggi, 1792.

1 print

John Chaloner Smith, British mezzotinto portraits, vol. 3, London 1878, p. 1318, J.R. Smith no. 192 ("192. Eloisa. W. L., sitting, directed, facing, and looking upwards towards crucifix on right, nun's dress, black veil, right elbow on back of seat, hand to bosom, left hand in lap holding paper. Under, 'Painted & engraved by J R Smith. Eloisa. What means this tumult in a Vestal's veins. See Pope's Eloisa to Abelard.' Address, size, and states same as foregoing, i.e. Published … by A.C. de Poggi, St. George's Row, Hyde Park.")

Wellcome Collection 11071i

Forms a pair with: Albina, as described in Poems by Edward Jerningham (Chaloner Smith, op. cit. p. 1318 no. 191)