Felicia Hemans [facsimile signature].
R. Roffe sc.t [after Edward Robertson]. London. Published by John Limbird, 143, Strand. Stipple. Sheet 220 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"). Trimmed to platemark. Portrait of Felicia Hemans (1793-1835), poet. Her poem 'Casabianca' (1826) is better known by its first line, 'The Boy stood on the Burning Deck'; 'The Homes of England' (1827) is the origin of the phrase 'stately home'.
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