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William Godwin, 16/11/1801 (pastel on grey paper)

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William Godwin, 16/11/1801 (pastel on grey paper)
Artist
Sharples, James (c.1751-1811) / English
Location
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK
Medium
pastel on grey paper
Date
1801 AD (C19th AD)
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16/11/1801 A framed colour drawing on paper, showing: a half-length portrait in profile of William Godwin (1756-1836), journalist, novelist, and political philosopher, who founded 'Philosophical Anarchism', a school of thought that promoted an individualist and peaceful challenge to the legitimacy of the state; he was also the husband of Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), whom he married in 1797, six months before her death whilst giving birth to Mary Godwin (later Mary Shelley, 1797-1851); in William Godwin's meticulous diary, he records that he sat for a portrait by James Sharples (Senior) on 16th November, 1801; at this time, Sharples was living in Bath and Godwin in London, although he also recorded that spent two or three weeks a year in Bath

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© Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives / Purchased 1931 / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
anarchism / portrait / male / journalist / philosopher / husband / mary wollstonecraft / father / mary godwin / mary shelley

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