Felicia Dorothea Hemans
(1793-1835), PoetRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 6 portraits
Hemans's work was widely read in Britain and America between 1820 and 1835, even outselling Byron. Sentimental poems such as Casabianca ('The boy stood on the burning deck') and The Homes of England were characterised by Sir Walter Scott as 'too many flowers, too little fruit'.
by Angus Fletcher
plaster bust, 1829
NPG 1046
by Angus Fletcher
marble bust, circa 1829
On display in the Entrance Hall on Floor 0 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5198
Unknown woman, formerly known as Felicia Dorothea Hemans
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1835
NPG 1502
by Robert Cabell Roffe, published by John Limbird, after Edward Robertson
stipple engraving, circa 1825-1835
NPG D3248
by William Holl Sr, published by Fisher Son & Co, after William Edward West
line and stipple engraving, 1836 (1827)
NPG D48196
by Edward Scriven, after William Edward West
stipple engraving, published 1839 (1827)
NPG D5415
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