FIA5336290 Portrait of Mary Shelley, British writer, ca 1840 (oil on canvas) by Rothwell, Richard (1800-68); National Portrait Gallery, London, UK; (add.info.: Portrait de l\'ecrivain britannique Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851). Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft); Photo by Fine Art Images.