Sarah Hoadly

Sarah Curtis (died 1743), wife of Benjamin Hoadly, was a portrait painter.

Sarah achieved before her marriage some reputation as a portrait painter. She was a pupil of Mary Beale, and among her sitters were Whiston, Burnet, and her husband. Her portrait of Burnet was engraved by Faithorne. The picture of her husband, which was, ‘as is believed, touched up by Hogarth’, is in the National Portrait Gallery.^[1]

Sarah married Benjamin Hoadly, her second husband, at St. James's, Picadilly, on 30 May 1701.^[2] By her the bishop had five children, all sons, two still-born, and Samuel, Benjamin, and John, afterwards the editor of his works. She died in 1743.^[2] The bishop's second marriage (23 July 1745) was with Mary, daughter and coheiress of Dr. John Newey, dean of Chichester.

References

^ Early Georgian portraits, Vol. 1, Kerslake, NPG, (1977).
^ ^a ^b Enlightenment prelate: Benjamin Hoadly, 1676-1761, William Gibson, pp. 53, 251, James Clark, 2004.

"Hoadly, Sarah". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. "Hoadly, Benjamin (1676-1761)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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Name	Hoadly (Nee Curtis), Sarah
Alternative names
Short description	portrait painter
Date of birth
Place of birth	Yorkshire
Date of death	11 January 1743
Place of death