Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Hannah More (1745-1833), Religious writer
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Philanthropist, author; b. Stapleton, Bristol, the youngest of five sisters; published five plays, including Percy, and poetry 1773-79, frequenting London literary society; until 1789 a schoolteacher in Bristol with her sisters; thereafter she founded Sunday schools in Somerset and wrote on religious, moral and educational subjects.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.