Elizabeth Griffith
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Elizabeth Griffith was an 18th-century Welsh-born dramatist, fiction writer, essayist and actress, who lived and worked in Ireland.
Elizabeth Griffith
1778 painting of the Blue Stockings Society showing Griffith sitting first from right
The History of Lady Barton, A Novel In Letters
Elizabeth Ann Linley
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Elizabeth Ann Sheridan was an English singer who was known to have possessed great beauty. She was the subject of several paintings by Thomas Gainsborough, who was a family friend, Joshua Reynolds and
Mrs Richard Brinsley Sheridan, aged 31, by Thomas Gainsborough, (National Gallery of Art)
The Linley Sisters, by Thomas Gainsborough (Dulwich Picture Gallery) – Elizabeth (left, standing, aged 17) with her sister Mary
Thomas Gainsborough's 1768 painting of Elizabeth with her brother Thomas; the original title prior to 1817 was A Beggar Boy and Girl.
Jerry Barrett's 1860 portrayal of Sheridan helping Elizabeth escape from her father's house.