Amelia Alderson, the Artist’s Second Wife (c.1799-1807). John Opie (English, 1761-1807). O
Amelia Alderson, the Artist’s Second Wife (c.1799-1807). John Opie (English, 1761-1807). Oil on canvas. Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology.Amelia Opie, née Alderson (1769-1853), was an English author who published numerous novels in the Romantic Period of the early 19th century, through to 1828. Opie was also a leading abolitionist in Norwich, England. When 187,000 names were presented to the British Parliament as a petition from women to stop slavery, Amelia Opie’s name was the first. -- source link
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