John Miers (1758-1821)

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John Miers (1758-1821)

Mrs. Backhouse, profile to right in dress with fichu, gauze bonnet
on card, broken trade label, the sitter's name inscribed on the reverse and dated 1830, black wood frame
oval, 3¼in. (82mm.) high

Literature

Hickman, 1971, p. 71 and fig. 34.4

Lot Essay

Anna Gurney (died 1849), daughter of Joseph Gurney of Earlham Hall, Norwich and his first wife Jane, daughter of John Birbeck, married John C. Backhouse. Following in the strong family traditions of Quaker beliefs, (she was first cousin to Elizabeth Fry) Anna went to America "on a mission of love".

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