Yearsley, Ann (1752 - 1806)

Short name Yearsley, Ann
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First name Ann
Birth name Yearsley
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Alternative name Ann Crowmartie
Date of birth 1752
Date of death 1806
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Lived in England
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Yearsley, Ann was ...
related to More, Hannah
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Place(s) of Residence England
Receptions of Yearsley, Ann, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Wilson Lowry, portrait of Ann Yearsley, 1787. 1787 is portrait of
MENTIONED IN: - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "Originally a milk-woman she was thaught to read and write by her brother". Shows her verses to Hannah More, who becomes very controlling of her publications. - Vaessens, Geschiedenis van de moderne Nederlandse literatuur, 2013, p.130
*Yearsley was rescued from desitution by the charity of Hannah More, who "discovered" her poetic talents and raised a subscription for her first volume of poetry. Thereafter, her writing furnished the family with the resources for a fairly comfortable life, despite a fallout with More over the profits of her first volume of poetry.(FScottJuly12.)