Amelia Curran

(1775-1847)

NAME AUTHORITIES: DNB: Curran, Amelia (1775-1847), painter LBT ID: AmCurra1847 VIAF ID: 95821830	B/BAP: 1775 DIED: 1847-08-30
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (December 1847) 670; DNB; Virtual International Authority File
The eldest child of John Philpot Curran; she was a friend of Godwin and the Shelleys who lived in Italy where she painted portraits.
REFERENCES TO Amelia Curran: Lady Morgan to Lady Olivia Clarke, 4 February 1820 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Found 1: ¶ 3 Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter IX