Ann, Daughter of Sir Francis Throckmorton (oil on canvas)

Anne Throckmorton was Abbess of the Celestine Convent in Paris from 1720-1728 - a branch of the Augustinian Order; This picture is one of three of Austin nuns, all once at Coughton. They were all relatives of Sir Robert Throckmorton, 4th Bt., who evidently commissioned them from Largillière at the same time as his own (which is still at the house). Anne was the daughter of Sir Francis Throckmorton, 2nd Bt., and Anne Monson. She was a nun at Notre-Dame-de-Sion in Paris, the house of the Augustinian canonesses called the ‘Filles Anglaises’. She is shown holding a seal, which seems to denote her as Prioress.