Hannah More
(1745-1833), Religious writerMid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
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, 1778
NPG 4905
by Unknown artist
pencil, 1805
NPG 6533
by Henry William Pickersgill
oil on canvas, 1822
NPG 412
by Augustin Edouart
cut black paper with wash, 1827
NPG 4501
by James Godby, after Edward Bird
stipple engraving, published 1809
NPG D39016
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 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
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
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