Hannah More
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- npg number matching '412'
Hannah More
by Henry William Pickersgill
oil on canvas, 1821
49 1/2 in. x 35 1/4 in. (1257 mm x 895 mm)
Purchased, 1875
Primary Collection
NPG 412
Sitter
Hannah More (1745-1833), Religious writer. Sitter in 8 portraits.
Artist
Henry William Pickersgill (1782-1875), Portrait painter. Artist associated with 67 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
This Portrait
The writer and reformer Hannah More was in her seventies at the time this portrait was painted. The most striking part of her outfit is the layered 'Van Dyck' ruff collar and high-crowned, frilled muslin cap tied under the chin and trimmed with abundant silk ribbons. These were a popular form of indoor head wear. With them she wears a simple silk day dress with a high waistline, smooth ungathered shoulders and muslin frills at the wrists. Over the top of this is wrapped a shawl of silk or fine wool with fashionably patterned borders and ends. In her right hand she holds a scent bottle.
Related Works
NPG D20056: Hannah More (after)
Linked Publications
Elizabeth Eger and Lucy Peltz, Brilliant Women: 18th Century Bluestockings, 2008 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 13 March - 15 June 2008), p. 115
Elizabeth Eger and Lucy Peltz, Brilliant Women: 18th Century Bluestockings, 2008 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 13 March - 15 June 2008), p. 115
Holmes, Richard; Crane, David; Woof, Robert; Hebron, Stephen, Romantics and Revolutionaries: Regency portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, London, 2002, p. 141
Ingamells, John, Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, p. 346
Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 440
Subjects & Themes
Eyeglasses and spectacles
Hats and head-attire
Regency Style - Women
On display in Room 20 at the National Portrait Gallery
