A Portrait of Elizabeth Willing Powel (1743-1830): Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 96, Part 4)

by David W. Maxey

Drawing on original manuscript sources, Maxey has produced a persuasive study of a late-18th-century portrait and its subject. He has focused attention on an enigmatic painting, and the person portrayed in it -- a woman of talent and verve, whose life has remained undeservedly obscure. Elizabeth Willing Powel presided over a salon; spoke her mind freely; and maintained, for a period of 40 years, an extensive, illuminating correspondence. She was the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871699648
• ISBN13: 9780871699640
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.