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Sarah Harrington
Sarah Harrington was an England, English Portrait miniature, miniaturist and silhouette artist active from 1772 until 1787. Little of Harrington's biography has been established. She is known to have written ''New and elegant amusements for the ladies of Great Britain'', which was published in London in 1772. Other volumes, such as ''A new introduction to the knowledge and use of maps'', were issued under the name of her husband Thomas Harrington, who also wrote a number of books of his own. She patented a pantographic device whereby she could take profiles in 1775; apparently she was threatened with litigation by on Signore Risso, another artist, but nothing is known to have come of it. Harrington claimed in one advertisement to have produced over 30,000 works. Many of her silhouettes were hollow-cut, in which the image was cut from the center of the paper and then delineated with backing of a darker color. She appears to have been active in London and Oxford during her career. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It shares Anglo-Scottish border, a land border with Scotland to the north and England–Wales border, another land border with Wales to the west, and is otherwise surrounded by the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south, the Celtic Sea to the south-west, and the Irish Sea to the west. Continental Europe lies to the south-east, and Ireland to the west. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the population was 56,490,048. London is both List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, the largest city and the Capital city, capital. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic. It takes its name from the Angles (tribe), Angles, a Germanic peoples, Germanic tribe who settled du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
