George Beare, active 1741-1747

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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Description

George Beare
Portrait of a lady said to be Mrs Godwin, neé Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)
inscribed Mary W. Godwin. authoress. 1792
oil on canvas
85x65 cm.; 33½x25½in.

Half length, wearing a white bonnet and a shawl, holding a book

Catalogue Note

Mary Godwin wrote the first great feminist document, A Vindication of the Rights of Women, published in 1792. She died within days of giving birth to her daighter, Mary, who went on to write Frankenstein.