Portrait of Amelia Opie is a 1798 portrait painting by the British artist John Opie depicting his wife Amelia Opie, a noted writer and abolitionist.[1] It was painted the year the couple married. [2] The Cornish-born John Opie was a noted portraitist of the late Georgian era. After his death in 1807 Amelia became a quaker known for her role in good causes. Today the painting is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London, having been acquired in 1887.[3] It has been describe as "one the finest portraits of the era, rivalling in expression Reynolds' Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse".[4]

References

  1. ^ Bray p.118
  2. ^ Walker p.376-77
  3. ^ "NPG 765; Amelia Opie - Portrait Extended - National Portrait Gallery".
  4. ^ Burwick p.238

Bibliography

  • Bray, Joe. The Portrait in Fiction of the Romantic Period. Routledge, 2016.
  • Burwick, Frederick. A History of Romantic Literature. John Wiley & Sons, 2019.
  • Walker, Richard John Boileau. Regency Portraits, Volume 1. National Portrait Gallery, 1985.
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