Romanticism
Reasons to Remember Sydney Owenson
By , George Washington University (April 2005)
Sections: Romanticism
Subjects: Literature, Politics.
Places: Europe, Northern Europe, Éire (Republic of Ireland).
Periods: 1000 - 1999, 1700-1799, 1800-1899.
Key Topics: gender, monarchy, prose, novel and novella, sexuality, government .
Abstract
A marble bust of Sydney Owenson (?1776–1859, known as Lady Morgan after her marriage in 1812) is one of the images included in a current exhibition at London's National Portrait Gallery, running from 9 March to 19 June 2005, entitled ‘Conquering England’: Ireland in Victorian London. Owenson's inclusion in the exhibit recognizes her significant role as part of an influential Irish cultural presence in nineteenth-century Britain – in her case one that spanned the Romantic and Victorian periods.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2005.00130.x
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