A masonic tribute to the duchess of Leinster, a governess of Lock Penitentiary, Dublin: she is attended by Virtue and Fame. Etching by H. Brocas, 1794.

"Plan of that laudable institution the Lock-Penitentiary and Work-House, for the reception and employment of women leaving the Lock-Hospital, and desirous of returning into the paths of industry and virtue. With a beautiful vignette engraving, being the coronet of Her Grace the Dutchess of Leinster, supported by Fame and Virtue, near the masonic obelisk, which is inscribed to her Grace, who is one of the Governesses of that Charitable Foundation." (The sentimental and masonic magazine,, loc. cit.). Virtue carries a laurel wreath, Fame a trumpet, and they hold the coronet between them. A putto carries a palm and holds up the banner bearing the dedicatee's name. A beehive sits in the right-hand corner, circled by bees. The Lock Penitentiary was in Dorset Street, Dublin

Apparently a homage to Lady Emilia (Emily) Mary Lennox (1731-1814), Duchess of Leinster, wife of James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster. In 1794 she was known as the Dowager Duchess of Leinster. Alternatively, a reference to the actual Duchess of Leinster, Emilia Olivia Usher St George (d. 1798), wife of William Robert FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster (1749-1804), sometime Grandmaster of the masonic Grand Lodge of Ireland

[Dublin] : Masonic magazine, [1794]

1 print : etching ; image 17.5 x 10.1 cm

Engravd for the Masonic Magazine. ... Grace the Dutchess of Leinster. One of the governesses of the Lock Penitentiary &c. H. Brocas sculp.

Wellcome Collection 25215i