Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821), Actress and writer
Sitter in 8 portraits
Elizabeth Inchbald was a novelist, playwright, and actress whose successful prose romances, A Simple Story (1791) and Nature and Art (1796), are early examples of romantic fiction. At the age of eighteen she ran away to London to seek her fortune on the stage, married Joseph Inchbald, an actor, and played the provincial theatres with him. Inchbald continued to act after his death in 1779 and also began to adapt plays and write original farces and comedies such as I'll Tell You What (1785).
by Wooding, published by John Sewell, after John Russell
hand-coloured line engraving, published 1788
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by T.S. Seed, after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, published 1794
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by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 31 December 1798
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by Samuel Freeman, published by William Smith, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 1807
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after Samuel Drummond
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 1821?
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by Anthony Walker, and by Collings, published by Thomas Bellamy, after Thomas Cook
line engraving, published 1 September 1787
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by Wooding, published by John Sewell, after John Russell
line engraving, published 1788
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