The British Sappho
Borrowed Identities and the Representation of Women Artists in late Eighteenth-Century British Art
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11170408 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G Perry, George D Perry (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 44-57 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oxford Art Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-6540 • E-ISSN: 1741-7287 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxartj/18.1.44 |
| OpenAlex | W2317727165 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
In 1903 an article appeared in The Connoisseur magazine entitled 'Perdita and Her PaintersPortraits of Mrs Mary Robinson', which featured the life and achievements of the celebrated eighteenthcentury actresses, writer and poet Mary Robinson (1758-1800). During her lifetime she had acquired a flamboyant public identity or notoriety comparable to that of some moder day actresses. In the 1780s her private life had enthralled and obsessed the satirical press, (Fig. 1) while high art portraits of her appeared in several Royal Academy shows. During this period she was painted by Reynolds (Fig. 2), Gainsborough, Hoppner, Romney (Fig. 3), Cosway, Dance and Zoffany,1 and the Connoisseur article included a little known portrait by Angelica Kauffman titled The British Sappho (Fig. 4).2 The text, written by Joseph Grego, proclaimed
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| Citations per year | 0.15 |
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| Citation span | 2000 - 2021 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |