Title of the painting: Missa na Legação Portuguesa de Londres (Mass at the Portuguese Legation in London)

Name of the artist: Eduardo Lobo de Moura

Date: 1858

Description: Mass celebrated on May 9, 1858, by Cardinal Wiseman at the Portuguese Legation in London in the presence of Queen D. Estefânia. According to the inscription, the following are depicted in the painting: Cardinal Wiseman, Kratz (Private Secretary), Mar.s Sousa, J. G. Oliveira (Legation Counsellor), D. Augusto Mendonça (Attaché), F. J. Van Zeller (Consul General), H.M. Queen D. Estefânia, Duke of Terceira, E. Sampayo (Attaché), Chevestone (Attaché), Counsellor G. C. Brito, Monsignor Ser […], H.H. Pr[inc]e Hohenzollern, Duchess F[…], Marquis of Ficalho, Count of Lavradio, G. Santos (Attaché), Honorable Mr. S[…]onor, Mr. Patterson, Prince Leopold, D. Maria Dores S. Coutinho (Lady-in-Waiting to Her Majesty), Countess of Lavradio (Lady-in-Waiting to Her Majesty), Mlle. Van Zeller.

Visual description: A historical painting by Eduardo Lobo de Moura titled “Mass at the Portuguese Legation in London” (1858). The scene depicts a private Catholic liturgy celebrated inside the Portuguese diplomatic residence. A priest stands ad orientem at a temporary altar adorned with candles, set against a backdrop of heavy red drapery. Two altar servers kneel on the red carpet. To the right, the congregation consists of distinguished diplomats in formal wear and medals, alongside women dressed in voluminous 1850s crinoline dresses and white veils, kneeling in prayer on prie-dieu chairs.

License: Public Domain / See here

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