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Mrs. Sarah Trimmer.

Mrs. Sarah Trimmer.From an original Picture by H. Howard, Esq. R.A. in the Possession of Joshua Kirby Trimmer, Esq.

Drawn by J. Jackson, Engraved by E. Scriven.
Published Dec. 26, 1812 by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London.
Stipple, platemark 380 x 315mm (15 x 12½") very large margins.
Sarah Trimmer (1741-1810), author and educationist. The only child of artist Joshua Kirby and his wife Sarah Bull, Trimmer was raised in London where her father's acquaintances included Hogarth, Gainsborough and Reynolds. Initially concerned with the education of her own children, Trimmer went on to establish a Sunday School in Old Brentford where she lived, and a weekday school of industry for girls. She published widely, including children's books and volumes on educational methods, many of which continued to be reprinted after her death as she exerted a strong influence in the early nineteenth century. Engraving after the portrait by Henry Howard now in the National Portrait Gallery. Trimmer, a devout evangelical Anglican, rests her left arm on the Bible.
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