Mathilde Bensaude, Portugal´s pioneer Plant Pathologist,

"...the farmers seen to take well to me and not mind my being a woman." (Mathilde Bensaúde , 1920, north Portugal, during de seed potato campaing).

Portrait of Mathilde Wiener Monasch (?) d.1864.

Mrs. Monasch is shown as a young woman wearing a gray translucent shawl and a lace bonnet with ornate flaps coming down over the ears. Some of her black hair is showing. She is shown in a 3/4 view; the eyes are lustrous, the corners of the mouth are raised in a half smile. On backing of original frame: "Zum Andencken von Ihren Schwiegersohn, J. Wollstein d. 20th February 1839" (In memory of your son-in-law J. Wollstein Feb 20th, 1839).

A l'occasion des Noces Du Baron W. C. De Rothschild, avec Mlle. Mathilde de Rothschild : Vingt-Un Novembre 1849

Henri Blanvalet