Jane Hood (née Reynolds)
(1791-1846?), Wife of Thomas HoodSitter in 1 portrait
it is likely she managed the family's domestic arrangements during periods of considerable financial pressure caused by Hood's unlucky investments. His popularity and support of literary friends ensured Jane was granted a civil-list pension following his death.
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NICHOLAS ROE
03 June 2020, 14:33
Jane Reynolds Hood (1791-1846) was the eldest daughter of George Reynolds and his wife Susanna, and sister to the poet John Hamilton Reynolds (1794-1847) who was a friend of John Keats the poet (1795-1821). For Jane Reynolds Keats wrote two poems, 'O Sorrow!' (October 1817) and 'On a Leander Gem which Miss Reynolds, my Kind Friend, Gave Me' (c. March 1817).