Richard Lovell Edgeworth
(1744-1817), Writer and inventorMid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 2 portraits
Richard was a member of the Royal Society and was associated with the Lunar Society. As an engineer he assisted in the development of the telegraph in Ireland. Both he and his daughter Maria had a lasting impact through their publications. Together they wrote the influential primer Practical Education (1788), a sympathetic and enlightened scheme for the domestic upbringing of children, which encouraged self-expression, the use of imaginative literature and the writing of stories.
by Horace Hone
watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, 1785
NPG 5069
by Adam Buck
chalk, watercolour and pastel on paper, 1787
NPG L236
Related People
- Anna Maria Beddoes (née Edgeworth) (daughter)
- Charlotte Edgeworth (daughter)
- Elizabeth Edgeworth (née Sneyd) (wife)
- Elizabeth Edgeworth (daughter)
- Henry Edgeworth (son)
- Honora Edgeworth (née Sneyd) (wife)
- Honora Edgeworth (daughter)
- Lovell Edgeworth (son)
- Maria Edgeworth (daughter)
- William Edgeworth (son)
- Emmeline King (née Edgeworth) (daughter)
- Charles Sneyd (son)
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