Elizabeth Cobbold
Elizabeth Cobbold | |
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 Portrait attributed to George Frost | |
| Born | Elizabeth Knipe 1767 London |
| Died | 1824 |
| Occupation(s) | writer and poet |
Elizabeth Cobbold or Carolina Petty Pasty born Elizabeth Knipe (1767–17 October, 1824) was a British writer and poet.
Life
Cobbold was born Elizabeth Knipe in
Despite this number of children she published under the pseudonym of Carolina Petty Pasty a poetical piece which included a portrait which was her work too. In 1803 she served as editor to a volume of poems by Ann Candler. She continued to do charitable work and in 1812 she started a clothing society for small children and in 1820 a charitable bazaar.[2]
From 1806 Cobbold was known for
There are extant oil paintings of Elizabeth and her husband John which are attributed to George Frost.[6] Her son Richard Cobbold was also a noted writer.[4]
Elizabeth Cobbold as a Geologist
Elizabeth was also one of the first geologists. She collected fossils from the Red Crag Formation in the grounds of Holywells park. One of these, Nucula cobboldiae, was named after her by James Sowerby and included in Mineral Conchology of Great Britain.[7][8] The sample is now located in the Museums Victoria Collections, Australia.[9] The Acila cobboldiae, a rare species of shellfish, was also named after her by George Sowerby.[2]
Literary works
- Poems on various subjects. 1783.
- Six narrative poems 1787.
- The sword; or, Father Bertrand's history of his own times[2] 1791.
- The mince pie, an heroic epistle 1800.
- Cliff valentines. 1813, 1814
- An ode on the victory of Waterloo 1815.
- Monody to the memory of Mrs. Byles 1818.
- Poems, with a memoir of the author [ed. Laetitia Jermyn]. 1825.
References
- ^ "Records pertaining to MRS. Elizabeth Cobbold".
- ^ a b c d e f g . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Sorene, Paul (19 January 2019). "Elizabeth Cobbold's Papercut Invitations to her Annual St Valentine's Day Ball - 18th Century". Flashbak. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ a b c [1] Archived 28 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Spenserians, retrieved 4 April 2018
- ^ Cobbold, Elizabeth (1825). Jermyn, Laettitia (ed.). Poems By Elizabeth Cobbold with a memoir of the author. ipswich: Raw.
- ^ 8 artworks by or after George Frost at the Art UK site
- ^ "Events - Suffolk Geocene". geosuffolk.co.uk. GeoSuffolk. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ^ "Sowerby's British Mineralogy and Martha Proby". www.gia.edu. Gemological Institute of America. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ^ "Nucula cobboldiae variabilis Sowerby, 1824". Museums Victoria Collections. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
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