Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828

Anne Seymour Damer, English sculptor and author. In her youth, Horace Walpole was often her guardian while her parents were abroad. Through Walpole Damer met the poet Mary Berry, with whom she would share a long friendship. Other friends included Joanna Baillie and Sarah Siddons. According to her wishes, her private papers were destroyed upon her death.

From the guide to the Anne Seymour Damer manuscript material : 1 item, pre-1824, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.)

English sculptress.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to "My much valued Friend", 1811 Jul. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270522428

From the description of Autograph letter signed : East Sheen, to an unidentified recipient, 1817 Nov. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270518614

Anne Seymour (Conway) Damer (1749-1828), sculptor and author, was born on 8 November 1749, the only child of Field-Marshal Hon. Henry Seymour Conway (1719-1795), and his wife, Caroline Bruce, Lady Ailesbury (1721-1803), the daughter of John, fourth duke of Argyll. In 1767 she married John Damer, the son of Lord Milton, later the 1st Earl of Dorchester. They separated after seven years, and he committed suicide in 1776. Her artistic career developed during her widowhood, though the development of her youthful interest in sculpture is credited to her father's secretary, David Hume, and to the encouragement of Horace Walpole, who was her guardian during her parent's frequent trips abroad; in 1789, Walpole introduced Damer to Mary Berry (1763-1852), with whom she developed a passionate and lasting friendship. At his death, Walpole bequeathed her Strawberry Hill as his executor and residuary legatee. Damer exhibited 32 works at the Royal Academy and produced keystone sculptures for the bridge at Henley-on-Thames, a 10-foot statue of Apollo, now destroyed, for the frontage of Drury Lane theatre, and two bas-reliefs for the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery. Damer also wrote one published novel, Belmour (1801).

From the description of Notebooks, 1789-1797. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702184305

Anne Seymour Damer, English sculptor and author. In her youth, Horace Walpole often acted as her guardian while her parents were abroad. Through Walpole Damer met the poet Mary Berry, with whom she would share a lasting and intimate friendship. Other friends of Damer's included Joanna Baillie and Sarah Siddons. According to her wishes, her private papers were destroyed upon her death.

From the description of Anne Seymour Damer manuscript material : 1 item, [pre-1824] (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 173491762