| LC control no. | no2022148167 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Biffin, Sarah, 1784-1850 |
| Variant(s) | Beffin, Sarah, 1784-1850 Biffen, Sarah, 1784-1850 Wright, Sarah, 1784-1850 Wright, E. M., 1784-1850 |
| Other standard no. | 96039368 Q5196607 500053908 |
| Located | London (England) Liverpool (England) |
| Birth date | 1784-10-25 |
| Death date | 1850-10-02 |
| Place of birth | East Quantoxhead (England) |
| Place of death | Liverpool (England) |
| Field of activity | Painting Miniature painting Portrait painting |
| Profession or occupation | Miniature painters Portrait painters Mouth and foot painting artists Artists |
| Found in | Engelmann, G. Miss Biffin, 1823?: caption below (Miss Biffin, miniature painter, born without hands) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, viewed December 6, 2022 (article: Leybourne, W. "Biffin [Beffin; married name Wright], Sarah" (1784-1850); miniature painter; born 25 October 1784, at East Quantoxhead, Somerset; baptismal register records that Sarah was 'born without arms or legs,' a condition now known as phocomelia; aged about 13, she was bound by contract to the service of Emmanuel Dukes, a travelling showman, where she demonstrated her skills with needlework, drawing, and miniature painting using her mouth; met George Douglas, the earl of Morton in 1808, who arranged for her to study with painter William Craig, and she obtained royal patronage; after 16 years with Dukes, she was released from her contract and became an independent painter of miniature portraits with a studio in London; married William Stephen Wright in 1824, but the couple appears to have separated soon after; under the name Mrs. E.M. Wright, she exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1831 and 1832; moved to Liverpool about 1842, and her signature reverts to Miss Biffin; given name sometimes recorded as Elizabeth; she died in Liverpool, 2 October 1850) <https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/2368> Benezit Dictionary of Artists, via Oxford Art Online, viewed December 6, 2022 (Biffin, Sarah or Beffin) <https://doi.org/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00019604> National Portrait Gallery (UK) website, viewed December 6, 2022 (Sarah Biffin (Beffin) (1784-1850), Miniature painter) Wikipedia, viewed December 6, 2022 (Sarah Biffen; also known as Sarah Biffin, Beffin, or by her married name Mrs. E.M. Wright) VIAF, viewed December 6, 2022 (preferred forms: Biffin, Sarah (English miniaturist and draftsman, 1784-1850) (Getty Union List of Artist Names); Sarah Biffen English painter born with no arms (1784-1850) (Wikidata); alternate forms: A. Sarah Biffen; Beffin, Sarah; Sarah Biffen; Sarah Biffin; Wright, Mrs.; Wright, Sarah) <http://viaf.org/viaf/96039368> Getty Union List of Artist Names online, viewed December 6, 2022 (Biffin, Sarah (English miniaturist and draftsman, 1784-1850); names: Sarah Biffin; Beffin, Sarah; Wright, Sarah; Wright, Mrs.; roles: artist, painter, miniaturist, draftsman) Wikidata, viewed December 6, 2022 (Sarah Biffen, English painter born with no arms (1784-1850); also known as: Sarah Biffin; Sarah Wright; Mrs. Wright; Sarah Beffin) OCLC, viewed December 6, 2022 (access points: Biffin, Sarah, 1784-1850; Biffin, Sarah; Beffin, Sarah; Biffen, Sarah; usage: Miss Biffin; Sarah Biffin; Miss S. Biffin; Sarah Beffin; Mrs. Wright) |
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