Nicolas De Largilliere, Frances Woollascott, an Augustinian Nun c1729 [915P12] Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Who was Frances Wollascott?

Have you ever wondered about the nun in Gallery 13 at the Art Gallery of South Australia? Who was she? Why was an English woman in an eighteenth-century Parisian convent? Join historian Dr Claire Walker from the University of Adelaide to learn about Frances, her family, and why she became a nun in an English Augustinian convent in France.

Presented by University of Adelaide & Art Gallery of South Australia