John Opie

Amelia Alderson married John Opie , who came from Cornwall and had made a name for himself as a peasant painter: that is, one of lower-class origins, whose carefully cultivated rough appearance proved a valuable...

In her memoirs LA claims to have been acquainted with all the notable literary women of her time. She was a close friend of Joanna Baillie and Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger . Another important friend and...

Meanwhile Edward Jerningham , Charlotte's uncle (himself a writer), took an interest in MMB 's development.

The painter John Opie did a portrait of her at this time (now in Tate Britain ) which shows her wearing a fashionable, curled white wig. This seems to have been a studio prop, since...

Frances Boscawen commissioned another portrait of her, by John Opie (husband of Amelia Opie).

As an old lady MD had her portrait painted by John Opie (now at the National Portrait Gallery ).

The fifth edition, 1808, has a frontispiece engraving of the painting by her husband which is now at Chawton House Library . It went through six editions of 1,000 to 1,500 copies in the years...

Personal matters mingle with others of public or topical interest, as EM addresses Joseph Priestley on the inter-relation of matter and spirit, Marie Antoinette on her sufferings before her execution, and Dr Thomas Huet on...

EF 's arrangement is chronological, with original documents printed as they occur or are relevant. Her recall is excellent, her observations and analysis acute, her character-drawing perceptive, and her style pithy. She freely and candidly...

AO 's memoir of her husband was published in his Lectures on Painting; King and Pierce say that some time after April 1807 she edited his Lectures and Memoirs.

Taking advantage of the new freedom of English people to visit post-Revolutionary France, she joined forces with John and Amelia Opie to travel first to Paris. She stayed there for eight months (not enough...

During the brief interval of peace AO travelled to Paris with her husband , hoping to see Napoleon , whom she then admired.

In the early years of their marriage Amelia and John Opie were badly off, and John was cautious about money matters. It seems also that he had relations who were needy: after...