Mary Elizabeth Braddon
(1837-1915), NovelistMary Elizabeth Braddon (Mary Elizabeth Maxwell)
Sitter in 3 portraits
Mary Braddon was a Victorian popular novelist who was best known for Lady Audley's Secret. When the novel was published in 1862, it became a best-seller and made her fortune. Braddon was prolific and went on to publish around eighty popular novels, plays and articles for periodicals.
by William Powell Frith
oil on canvas, exhibited 1865
NPG 4478
by United Association of Photography Limited
wothlytype carte-de-visite, 1865
NPG x197074
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, after United Association of Photography Limited
albumen cabinet card, (1865)
NPG x197250
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