Hannah More (1745-1833), Religious writer
Sitter in 11 portraits
After some success as a fashionable playwright, More turned to the serious work of an evangelical reformer. From the 1780s, she wrote numerous treatises attacking moral laxity, fashion and female independence. Most influential were her 'Cheap Repository Tracts', which sold for a penny and reached millions. These took the form of 'improving tales' which sought to reform the poor by emphasising sobriety, hard work, religion and pride in Britain's constitution.
Portraits in the Characters of the Muses in the Temple of Apollo
by Richard Samuel
oil on canvas, exhibited 1779
NPG 4905
by Henry William Pickersgill
oil on canvas, 1822
On display in Room 20 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 412
by Augustin Edouart
cut black paper with wash, 1827
NPG 4501
by James Godby, after Edward Bird
stipple engraving, published 25 September 1809
NPG D5299
by James Godby, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after Edward Bird
stipple engraving, published 25 September 1809
NPG D14218
by William Henry Worthington, published by J. Hudson, after Henry William Pickersgill
line engraving, published 1 March 1824 (1821)
NPG D20056
by Edward Scriven, published by Thomas Cadell the Younger, after Frances Reynolds
stipple engraving, published 4 June 1838 (1780)
NPG D13788
by James Godby, after Edward Bird
stipple engraving, published 1809
NPG D39016
by Edward Scriven, published by and after Joseph Slater
stipple engraving, published 15 August 1814 (November 1813)
NPG D39017
by William Henry Worthington, published by J. Hudson, after Henry William Pickersgill
line engraving, published 1 March 1824
NPG D39018
Literature, Journalism and Publishing
Religion and Belief
Groups
Bluestocking circle
Clapham Sect
Regency Tories
The Peninsular Wars and Waterloo portraits
Writers and critics
Place
Norfolk
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