Frances Trollope

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Author and mother of the famous novelist Anthony Trollope, travelled to rescue the family fortunes. Her husband succumbed to various speculative schemes, each more disastrous than the last. From 1827–1830 she was in America where she tried to open an arcade in Cincinatti, which failed. She visited a friend's project to assist black slaves near Memphis, Tennessee. This, too, collapsed but left Fanny with a deep hatred of slavery. However, she then decided to record her experiences as Domestic Manners of the Americans (1832): 'What I have written will make it evident that I do not like America.' The success her writing allowed the now-widowed Fanny and her many children to live at last in comfort.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Frances Trollope

Date

c.1832

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 15.2 x W 12.7 cm

Accession number

3906

Acquisition method

Bequeathed by the sitter's great-granddaughter, Miss Muriel Rose Trollope, 1954. On long-term loan to Bodelwyddan Castle, North Wales

Work type

Painting

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