Anne Hunter
Anne Hunter was a poet and writer (1742–1821). She died at London.
Also recorded as Anne Home.
Identity
What the record establishes about Anne Hunter.
Mrs. John Hunter (Anne Home). Photograph by Grove Son and Boulton of a painting by J.J. Masquerier. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection. Correspondence and papers of Helen Hunter Baillie (1843-1929) and her family is dated 1800-1928 and held by Wellcome Collection. Anne Hunter is recorded with the citizenship of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Poems / by Mrs. John Hunter. is dated 1802 and held by Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Collection records 88 objects associated with this heading. Open Library catalogues 21 works under this name.
Anne Hunter is recorded as poet and writer.
Catalogued works
18 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1800 to 1802.
Where's Baby? (Oji-Cree Edition). Blue Jays That Grew a Forest. Lonely Goose. Dragons of Snogard. Possum's Harvest Moon. Den That Octopus Built. No No, Baby! Lodge That Beaver Built. Baby Squeaks. Nest That Wren Built. Where's Baby? Who Would Like a Christmas Tree? Eekily Sneakily. Possum and the summer storm. Cricket Song. Mrs. John Hunter (Anne Home). Photograph by Grove Son and Boulton of a painting by J.J. Masquerier., held by Wellcome Collection. Poems / by Mrs. John Hunter., dated 1802, held by Wellcome Collection. Correspondence and papers of Helen Hunter Baillie (1843-1929) and her family, dated 1800-1928, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
Wellcome Collection: 88 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Hunter, Anne (1742–1821), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Anne Hunter's Poetry, The Life and Poems of Anne Hunter Haydn's Tuneful Voice, 2009. Anne Hunter's life, The Life and Poems of Anne Hunter Haydn's Tuneful Voice, 2009. Hunter [née Home], Anne (1742/3–1821), poet, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Anne Hunter 1742-1821, An Anthology of Scottish Women Poets, 1991.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1742Anne Hunter born at Waterford.
- 1742Anne Hunter born.
- 1802Poems / by Mrs. John Hunter. is dated 1802 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1821Anne Hunter died at London.
- 1843Correspondence and papers of Helen Hunter Baillie (1843-1929) and her family is dated 1800-1928 and held by Wellcome Collection.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Anne Hunter 1742-1821, An Anthology of Scottish Women Poets, 1991
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Anne Hunter's life, The Life and Poems of Anne Hunter Haydn's Tuneful Voice, 2009
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Anne Hunter's Poetry, The Life and Poems of Anne Hunter Haydn's Tuneful Voice, 2009
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Hunter [née Home], Anne (1742/3–1821), poet, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Hunter, Anne (1742–1821), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Open Library author record for Anne Hunter (Internet Archive), 21 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
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Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Anne Hunter.
open access index · Unverified
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Internet Archive, 7 digitised items catalogued under Anne Hunter as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
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The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Anne Hunter.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
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Wellcome Collection catalogue records 88 works naming Anne Hunter.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
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“Anne Hunter”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q565422: Anne Hunter
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
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Plates
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Anne Home as The Pensive Muse in 1767 before her marriage to John Hunter . Engraving by W. W. Ryland, after a lost* portrait by Angelica Kauffman.
Engraving by W. W. Ryland, after a lost* portrait by Angelica Kauffman · Wellcome Library, London (V0042378) · Public domain
The picture recordElsewhere in Books
29,129 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
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