Maria Edgeworth
(1768-1849), Novelist; daughter of Richard Lovell EdgeworthSitter associated with 9 portraits
Author, best remembered for her novels, including Castle Rackrent (1800), Belinda (1802), The Absentee (1812) and Ormond (1817), noteworthy for their humanitarian interest, particularly in the life of the Irish peasantry. Her humanitarian attitudes were encouraged by her father, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, who supervised her education and involved her in the usually masculine role of running his estates as well as travelling with him on the continent. Together they wrote the influential primer Practical Education (1788), a sympathetic and enlightened scheme for the domestic upbringing of children, which encouraged self-expression, the use of imaginative literature and the writing of stories.
by Adam Buck
chalk, watercolour and pastel on paper, 1787
NPG L236
by Unknown artist
pencil, circa 1819-1821
NPG 6532
by Richard Beard Studio
daguerreotype, 1841
NPG P5
by Henry Dixon & Son, after Michael Pakenham Edgeworth
vintage copy print of calotype, circa 1938 (1846-1847)
NPG x136659
by Henry Dixon & Son, after Michael Pakenham Edgeworth
vintage copy print of calotype, circa 1938 (1846)
NPG x136660
by Michael Pakenham Edgeworth
calotype print, 1846-1847
NPG x16360
Unknown woman engraved as Maria Edgeworth
by Mackenzie, after William Marshall Craig
line and stipple engraving, published 1 November 1808
NPG D4455
Unknown woman engraved as Maria Edgeworth
by Mackenzie, published by Vernor & Co, after William Marshall Craig
line and stipple engraving, published 1 November 1808
NPG D14114
Unknown woman engraved as Maria Edgeworth
by Unknown artist
stipple engraving, published 1 November 1822
NPG D36046
Related People
- Anna Maria Beddoes (née Edgeworth) (sister)
- Richard Lovell Edgeworth (father)
- Emmeline King (née Edgeworth) (sister)
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