Marie de L'Incarnation painting, Chapelle des
Marie de L'incarnation, detail, the first Ursuline nun to settle in New France, copy of a painting by a nun, 19th century, in the Chapelle des Ursulines, in the Musee des Ursulines, in the Monastere des Ursulines, begun 1699, in Trois-Rivieres, Mauricie, on the Chemin du Roi, Quebec, Canada. The Ursuline nuns arrived in Trois-Rivieres in 1697 to provide the town with a school and a hospital. The Chemin du Roy or King's Highway is a historic road along the Saint Lawrence river built 1731-37, connecting communities between Quebec City and Montreal. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13441363
Media ID
45140020
Size
5906px x 4489px
(7.7MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
