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Memorials of the life of Amelia Opie : selected and arranged from her letters, diaries, and other manuscripts
- Title
- Memorials of the life of Amelia Opie : selected and arranged from her letters, diaries, and other manuscripts / by Cecilia Lucy Brightwell [extra-illustrated copy]
- Author
- Brightwell, C. L. (Cecilia Lucy), 1811-1875
- Publication
- Norwich : Fletcher and Alexander ; London : Longman, Brown, & Co., 1854.
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- Additional Authors
- Aiguillon, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu, duc d', 1761-1800.
- Alderson, Edward Hall, Sir, 1787-1857.
- Alderson, James, -1760.
- Alderson, Robert.
- Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868.
- Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847.
- Chantrey, Francis, Sir, 1781-1841.
- Cork and Orrery, Mary, Countess, 1746-1840.
- Crabbe, George, 1754-1832.
- Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854.
- Erskine, David Montagu, 1775-1855.
- Fry, Elizabeth Gurney, 1780-1845.
- Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847.
- Hallam, Henry, 1777-1859.
- Hayley, William, 1745-1820.
- Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821.
- Jackson, William, 1730-1803.
- Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.
- Lally-Tolendal, Trophime-Gérard, marquis de, 1751-1830.
- Lawrence, Thomas, 1769-1830.
- Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887.
- Mackintosh, James, Sir, 1765-1832.
- Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855.
- More, Hannah, 1745-1833.
- Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853.
- Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865.
- Smith, Sydney, 1771-1845.
- Southey, Robert, 1774-1843.
- Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797.
- Wrangham, Francis, 1769-1842.
- Found In
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Description
- 1 v. : ill.; 34 cm.
- Summary
- Grangerized copy of Brightwell's biography of Amelia Opie, with ca. 92 illustrations, including 9 original drawings by Opie; and ca. 30 letters, 1759-1854, to Opie or members of her family, compiled by Brightwell. (Many of these letters are reproduced in the biography.)
- The text leaves of the biography are mounted on 32 cm. leaves, interspersed with the correspondence and illustrations. A handwritten list of the tipped-in items precedes the frontispiece.
- Subject
- Alderson, Edward Hall, Sir, 1787-1857 > Portraits
- Alderson, James, -1825 > Drawings
- Alderson, Thomas > Drawings
- Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825 > Portraits
- Barbauld, Mrs. 1743-1825 > Portraits
- Barrot, Odilon, 1791-1873 > Portraits
- Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868 > Portraits
- Brightwell, Thomas, 1787-1868 > Photographs
- Brown, Thomas, 1776-1852 > Portraits
- Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844 > Portraits
- Buxton, Thomas Fowell, Sir, 1786-1845 > Portraits
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 > Portraits
- Canning, George, 1770-1827 > Portraits
- Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 > Photographs
- Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847 > Portraits
- Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway, 1763-1844 > Portraits
- Constant, Benjamin, 1767-1830 > Portraits
- Coombs, Cecilia Siddons > Photographs
- Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 > Portraits
- Cork and Orrery, Mary, Countess, 1746-1840 > Portraits
- Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832 > Portraits
- David d'Angers, Pierre-Jean, 1788-1856 > Portraits
- Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854 > Portraits
- Erskine, David Montagu, 1775-1855 > Portraits
- Fesch, Joseph, Cardinal, 1763-1839 > Portraits
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Portraits
- Fry, Elizabeth Gurney, 1780-1845 > Portraits
- Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de, 1746-1830 > Portraits
- Godwin, William, 1756-1836 > Portraits
- Gould, Henry, Sir > Portraits
- Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845 > Portraits
- Guizot, François, 1787-1874 > Portraits
- Gurney, Hudson, 1775-1864 > Drawings
- Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 > Drawings
- Hallam, Henry, 1777-1859 > Portraits
- Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846 > Portraits
- Hayley, William, 1745-1820 > Portraits
- Horsley, Samuel, 1733-1806 > Portraits
- Holcroft, Thomas, 1745-1809 > Portraits
- Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 > Portraits
- Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821 > Portraits
- Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854 > Portraits
- Kinghorn, Joseph, 1766-1832 > Portraits
- Kościuszko, Tadeusz, 1746-1817 > Portraits
- Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 > Portraits
- Lamb, Caroline, Lady, 1785-1828 > Portraits
- Macauley, Miss 1785?-1837 > Portraits
- Marie-Amélie, Queen, consort of Louis-Philippe, King of the French, 1782-1866 > Portraits
- Melbourne, William Lamb, Viscount, 1779-1848 > Portraits
- Mackintosh, James, Sir, 1765-1832 > Portraits
- Masséna, André, prince d'Essling, 1758-1817 > Portraits
- Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855 > Portraits
- More, Hannah, 1745-1833 > Portraits
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Portraits
- Northcote, James, 1746-1831 > Portraits
- O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847 > Portraits
- Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853
- Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853 > Portraits
- Opie, John, 1761-1807 > Portraits
- Parke, J. > Portraits
- Peel, Robert, Sir, 1788-1850 > Portraits
- Plumptre, Anne, 1760-1818 > Portraits
- Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792 > Portraits
- Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855 > Portraits
- Romilly, Samuel, 1757-1818 > Portraits
- Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805 > Portraits
- Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878 > Portraits
- Sayers, F. 1763-1817 > Portraits
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 > Portraits
- Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873 > Photographs
- Ségur, Philippe-Paul, comte de, 1780-1873 > Portraits
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Portraits
- Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831 > Portraits
- Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835 > Portraits
- Smith, Sydney, 1771-1845 > Portraits
- Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 > Portraits
- Staël, Madame de 1766-1817 > Portraits
- Stanley, Edward, 1779-1849 > Portraits
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 > Portraits
- Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812 > Portraits
- Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833 > Portraits
- Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841 > Portraits
- Williams, John, 1777-1846 > Portraits
- Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797
- Wrangham, Francis, 1769-1842 > Portraits
- Genre/Form
- Letters – England – 18th century.
- Letters – England – 19th century.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- The writer and poet Amelia Alderson Opie (1769-1853) was a native of Norwich; her works include The Father and daughter, Adeline Mowbray, and Madeline. In 1798 she married the painter John Opie (1761-1807). Originally a Unitarian, she became a Quaker in 1825, and was active in the anti-slavery movement.
- Cecilia Lucy Brightwell (1811-1875), an artist and writer, lived in Norwich for most of her life. She and her father, Thomas Brightwell (1787-1868), a naturalist and solicitor, were Opie's friends and the executors of her estate. Cecilia Brightwell's biography of Opie, which appeared the year after Opie's death, was her first published work.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- Pforz BND-MSS+ (Opie)
- OCLC
- NYPW03-A40
- Author
- Brightwell, C. L. (Cecilia Lucy), 1811-1875, compiler.
- Title
- Memorials of the life of Amelia Opie : selected and arranged from her letters, diaries, and other manuscripts / by Cecilia Lucy Brightwell [extra-illustrated copy]
- Imprint
- Norwich : Fletcher and Alexander ; London : Longman, Brown, & Co., 1854.
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- The writer and poet Amelia Alderson Opie (1769-1853) was a native of Norwich; her works include The Father and daughter, Adeline Mowbray, and Madeline. In 1798 she married the painter John Opie (1761-1807). Originally a Unitarian, she became a Quaker in 1825, and was active in the anti-slavery movement.Cecilia Lucy Brightwell (1811-1875), an artist and writer, lived in Norwich for most of her life. She and her father, Thomas Brightwell (1787-1868), a naturalist and solicitor, were Opie's friends and the executors of her estate. Cecilia Brightwell's biography of Opie, which appeared the year after Opie's death, was her first published work.
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- Added Author
- Aiguillon, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu, duc d', 1761-1800.Alderson, Edward Hall, Sir, 1787-1857.Alderson, James, -1760.Alderson, Robert.Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868.Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847.Chantrey, Francis, Sir, 1781-1841.Cork and Orrery, Mary, Countess, 1746-1840.Crabbe, George, 1754-1832.Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854.Erskine, David Montagu, 1775-1855.Fry, Elizabeth Gurney, 1780-1845.Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847.Hallam, Henry, 1777-1859.Hayley, William, 1745-1820.Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821.Jackson, William, 1730-1803.Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.Lally-Tolendal, Trophime-Gérard, marquis de, 1751-1830.Lawrence, Thomas, 1769-1830.Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887.Mackintosh, James, Sir, 1765-1832.Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855.More, Hannah, 1745-1833.Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853.Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865.Smith, Sydney, 1771-1845.Southey, Robert, 1774-1843.Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797.Wrangham, Francis, 1769-1842.
- Found In:
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Research Call Number
- Pforz BND-MSS+ (Opie)