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Wordsworth, Dora (1804-1847)
Dora was the daughter of the poet William Wordsworth and his wife Mary. She was of a lively disposition, despite frequent ill health, and was her father's favourite child. She is celebrated, along with her friends Sara Coleridge and Edith May Southey (daughters of the Lake Poets), in Wordsworth's poem 'The Triad'. Another important friendship was with the author Maria Jane Jewsbury. In 1841 Dora married family friend Edward Quillinan. As well as being a talented amateur artist she published a book ‘Journal of a Few Months' Residence in Portugal, and Glimpses of the South of Spain’, in 1847. Dora died in 1847 of tuberculosis.

See also: GRMDC.A5

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There are 768 works by Wordsworth, Dora (1804-1847) in the Trust's collection, e.g.:
1989.183 Wordsworth, Dora. - Dora Wordsworth's Sketchbook. - 1831. - 32 pencil drawings. - 147 x 242mm. - Half bound leather, marbled boards. - Inscribed 'Dora Wordsworth / Jany 7th 1831'. - Includes drawings of Buxted Rectory, her uncle Christopher's country parsonage, as well as drawings taken during her Scottish tour with her father William Wordsworth. - Includes lines from Barry Cornwall's poem 'No love to be despised' at the front of the book, beginning 'A lady should not scorn / One soul that loves her'.

1989.183.1 artist Wordsworth, Dora (1804-1847) , Sketch of a stained glass Window, 1831, pencil on paper

1989.183.2 artist Wordsworth, Dora (1804-1847) , A Sheet of Perspective Diagrams, 1831, pencil on paper

1989.183.3 artist Wordsworth, Dora (1804-1847) , Buxted Rectory, 1831, pencil on paper

1989.183.4 artist Wordsworth, Dora (1804-1847) , Buxted Rectory, 1831, pencil on paper

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There are 768 works by Wordsworth, Dora (1804-1847) in the Trust's collection, e.g.:
1989.183		Wordsworth, Dora. - Dora Wordsworth's Sketchbook. - 1831. - 32 pencil drawings. - 147 x 242mm. - Half bound leather, marbled boards. - Inscribed 'Dora Wordsworth / Jany 7th 1831'. - Includes drawings of Buxted Rectory, her uncle Christopher's country parsonage, as well as drawings taken during her Scottish tour with her father William Wordsworth. - Includes lines from Barry Cornwall's poem 'No love to be despised' at the front of the book, beginning 'A lady should not scorn / One soul that loves her'.
1989.183.1		artist Wordsworth, Dora (1804-1847) , Sketch of a stained glass Window, 1831, pencil on paper
1989.183.2		artist Wordsworth, Dora (1804-1847) , A Sheet of Perspective Diagrams, 1831, pencil on paper
1989.183.3		artist Wordsworth, Dora (1804-1847) , Buxted Rectory, 1831, pencil on paper
1989.183.4		artist Wordsworth, Dora (1804-1847) , Buxted Rectory, 1831, pencil on paper