| Method | Stipple |
| Artist | Henry Adlard after Wilhelm Trautschold |
| Published | [c.1821-69] |
| Dimensions | Image 204 x 181 mm, Sheet 419 x 304 mm |
| Notes |
Half-length portrait of Eliza Cook, shown looking to the right, and wearing a jacket over a blouse with a frilled placket. Below the image is a facsimile of her signature. Eliza Cook (1818 - 1889) was an English author and poet associated with Chartism, a working-class movement for political reform in Britain between 1838 and 1858. She was also a proponent of women's political freedom, and encouraged the notion of self-improvement through education. As the daughter of a brazier in Southwark, Cook did not come from a hugely wealthy family, and was almost entirely self-educated. At the age of fifteen, Cook began to write poetry, many of which are her most popular poems. Two years later, she released her first volume, Lays of a Wild Harp, which was well received, and encouraged her to begin anonymously submitting verses to the Weekly Dispatch, the Metropolitan Magazine, the New Monthly Magazine, and The Literary Gazette. For ten years from 1836, Cook became a staple for the Weekly Dispatch. Henry Adlard (1821 - 1869 fl.) was a British line and stipple engraver. Wilhelm Trautschold (1815 - 1877) was a German portrait painter. He was trained in Berlin and Düsseldorf, and from 1860, lived in London. Both the National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Society of Chemistry house his works. O'Donoghue 1 Condition: Time toning and foxing to sheet. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £80.00 |
| Stock ID | 40161 |