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Miss Lee/ Author of the Recess, Chapter & Accidents &c &c.

Print
May 1809 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print depicting the writer, Miss Sophia Lee (1750-1824), head and shoulder print after an original portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830). Published by Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, May 1809. Harry Beard Collection.

Miss Sophia Lee was a author and playwright whose best known works included The Chapter of Accidents, (a three-act opera based on Denis Diderot's Le père de famille), and which was produced at the Haymarket Theatre on 5 August 1780 and the historical romance The Recess, or a Tale of other Times (published in 1783).


Object details

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Object type
TitleMiss Lee/ Author of the Recess, Chapter & Accidents &c &c. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Print, printed ink on paper
Brief description
Print depicting the writer, Miss Sophia Lee (1750-1824), published by Vernor & Hood, London, May 1809. Harry Beard Collection
Physical description
Print depicting the writer, Miss Sophia Lee (1750-1824), head and shoulder print after an original portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830).

Dimensions
  • Height: 22.2cm
  • Width: 13.8cm
Print only
Marks and inscriptions
Credit line
Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard
Subject depicted
Association
Summary
Print depicting the writer, Miss Sophia Lee (1750-1824), head and shoulder print after an original portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830). Published by Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, May 1809. Harry Beard Collection.

Miss Sophia Lee was a author and playwright whose best known works included The Chapter of Accidents, (a three-act opera based on Denis Diderot's Le père de famille), and which was produced at the Haymarket Theatre on 5 August 1780 and the historical romance The Recess, or a Tale of other Times (published in 1783).
Collection
Accession number
S.964-2013

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Record createdMarch 14, 2013
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