Lady M. Wortley Montagu, by Rusca (Front)

Photograph of a portrait of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, painted by Carlo Francesco Rusca. The painting depicts the sitter as richly dressed, with her right hand holding a book and resting on a human skull. She rests her left elbow on another stack of books, as her left hand gestures upward. Lady Montagu's name is written at the top of the painting, with a variant spelling of her last name.