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Hannah More

(1745-1833), Religious writer

Mid-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.

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Hannah More, by James Godby, after  Edward Bird - NPG D39016

Hannah More

by James Godby, after Edward Bird
stipple engraving, published 1809
NPG D39016

Hannah More, by James Godby, after  Edward Bird - NPG D5299

Hannah More

by James Godby, after Edward Bird
stipple engraving, published 25 September 1809
NPG D5299

Hannah More, by James Godby, published by  T. Cadell & W. Davies, after  Edward Bird - NPG D14218

Hannah More

by James Godby, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after Edward Bird
stipple engraving, published 25 September 1809
NPG D14218

Hannah More, by Edward Scriven, published by and after  Joseph Slater - NPG D39017

Hannah More

by Edward Scriven, published by and after Joseph Slater
stipple engraving, published 15 August 1814 (November 1813)
NPG D39017

Hannah More, by William Henry Worthington, published by  J. Hudson, after  Henry William Pickersgill - NPG D39018

Hannah More

by William Henry Worthington, published by J. Hudson, after Henry William Pickersgill
line engraving, published 1 March 1824
NPG D39018

Hannah More, by William Henry Worthington, published by  J. Hudson, after  Henry William Pickersgill - NPG D20056

Hannah More

by William Henry Worthington, published by J. Hudson, after Henry William Pickersgill
line engraving, published 1 March 1824 (1821)
NPG D20056

Hannah More, by Edward Scriven, published by  Thomas Cadell the Younger, after  Frances Reynolds - NPG D13788

Hannah More

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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