Sydney Morgan (née Owenson), Lady Morgan (1783?-1859), Novelist
Sitter in 6 portraits
Novelist; born in Dublin; published verse and Irish songs; The Wild Irish Girl, 1806, established her fame as a novelist and she wrote several more novels on Irish themes; wrote successful accounts of her travels in France and Italy; the first woman to receive a government pension for services to the world of letters.
Sydney Morgan (née Owenson), Lady Morgan
by William Behnes
pen and ink
On display in the Ladies Drawing Room at Bodelwyddan Castle
NPG 1177
Sydney Morgan (née Owenson), Lady Morgan
published by Dean & Munday
stipple engraving, published 1816
NPG D16113
Sydney Morgan (née Owenson), Lady Morgan
by Robert Cooper, after Samuel Lover
stipple and line engraving, 1825
NPG D20467
Sydney Morgan (née Owenson), Lady Morgan
after Samuel Lover
stipple engraving, circa 1825
NPG D39026
Sydney Morgan (née Owenson), Lady Morgan
by Robert Cooper, after Samuel Lover
stipple and line engraving, 1825
NPG D39027
Sydney Morgan (née Owenson), Lady Morgan
by James Henry Lynch, published by Thomas McLean, after Spiridone Gambardella
lithograph, published September 1855
NPG D39028
Literature, Journalism and Publishing
Groups
Novelists and authors
Places
France
Ireland
Italy
