Letitia Elizabeth Landon (Mrs Maclean)

Sitterback to top

• Letitia Elizabeth Landon (Mrs Maclean) (1802-1838), Poet and novelist. Sitter associated with 4 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Daniel Maclise (1806-1870), History and portrait painter. Artist associated with 107 portraits, Sitter associated with 17 portraits.

This portraitback to top

The emphasis on breadth in female dress continued into the early 1830s. The poet and novelist Letitia Landon wears 'Donna Maria' sleeves on her satin dress; full to the elbow and then tight to the wrist. The bodice pleats converge on a fashionable buckled belt. Her tucker, worn inside the neckline, is edged with a lace ruff while a frill in the popular 'Van Dyck' style extends over the shoulders. Her full, gathered skirt would have been worn to the ankle. Landon wears her hair in a typical evening style: centre-parted and worn smooth to the temples, ending in ringlets dangling over the ears. The back is gathered up in a popular 'Apollo knot', formed from flat loops of stiffened hair interwined with braids.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Holmes, Richard, Insights: The Romantic Poets and Their Circle, 2005, p. 105
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 362
• Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 306

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Bodelwyddan Castle
• Regency Style - Women