Miss Lee/ Author of the Recess, Chapter & Accidents &c &c.
1809
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1809
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Miss Lee/ Author of the Recess, Chapter & Accidents &c &c. is a 1809 by Ridley, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows Miss Sophia Lee, a writer from the 1700s. It’s a head-and-shoulders portrait done by artist Ridley in 1809. The print copies an earlier painting by Thomas Lawrence, a well-known portrait painter of that time. It was published by Vernor, Hood & Sharpe and now lives at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Look up the movement called Romanticism next.
A 1809 head-and-shoulders print portrays the writer Sophia Lee (1750–1824), engraved after an original portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence and issued by the London publishers Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe. The image belongs to the Harry Beard Collection and reflects Lee’s role as an author and playwright whose works included the 1780 three-act opera The Chapter of Accidents and the 1783 historical romance The Recess.
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These prints show everyday figures in early 1800s Britain, etched in fine detail and crisp lines.
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