Sujet

Portrait of the poet Mrs Elizabeth Carter, c1800. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Portrait of the poet Mrs Elizabeth Carter, c1800. Elizabeth Carter (1717-1806) was an English poet, classicist, writer, translator, and linguist. As one of the Bluestocking Circle that surrounded Elizabeth Montagu, she earned respect for the first English translation of the 2nd-century Discourses of Epictetus.[2] She also published poems and translated from French and Italian. From "Memoirs of the life of Mrs Elizabeth Carter. with a new [enl] ed. of her Poems, ... Miscellaneous Essays, ... her Notes on the Bible, & Answers to objections concerning the Christian religion" by Montagu Pennington, (nephew). [1807]

Date

1800

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A23_121

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

48,7Mo (3,1Mo) / 32,2cm x 38,0cm / 3799 x 4485 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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