Miss Lee/ Author of the Recess, Chapter & Accidents &c &c.
Print
May 1809 (published)
May 1809 (published)
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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).
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).
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| Title | Miss 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). |
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| Credit line | Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard |
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| 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). |
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| Accession number | S.964-2013 |
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| Record created | March 14, 2013 |
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