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Sarah Biffen (1784 – 2 October 1850), also known as Sarah Biffin, Sarah Beffin, or by her married name Mrs E. M. Wright, was a Victorian English painter born with no arms and only vestigial legs. She was 94 cm (37 in) tall. She was born in 1784 in Somerset. Despite her disability she learned to read and write, and to paint using her mouth. She was apprenticed to a man named Dukes, who exhibited her as an attraction throughout England. In the St. Bartholomew's Fair of 1808, she came to the attention of George Douglas, the Earl of Morton, who went on to sponsor her to receive lessons from a Royal Academy of Arts painter, William Craig. The Society of Arts awarded her a medal in 1821 for a historical miniature and the Royal Academy accepted her paintings. The Royal Family commissioned her to

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  • Sarah Biffen (es)
  • Sarah Biffin (fr)
  • Sarah Biffen (nl)
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  • Sarah Biffen (pl)
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  • Sarah Biffen (octubre de 1784-2 de octubre de 1850), también conocida como Biffin, Beffin, o por su nombre de casada E.M. Wright, fue una pintora inglesa victoriana nacida sin brazos que medía 94 cm de altura. (es)
  • Sarah Biffin (ou Biffen ou Beffin, née en 1784 et morte en 1850) est une peintre miniaturiste anglaise. (fr)
  • Sarah Biffen też Biffin, Beffin, po mężu Wright (ur. 1784 w Somerset, zm. 2 października 1850 w Liverpoolu) – brytyjska malarka i miniaturzystka malująca ustami. (pl)
  • Sarah Biffen (1784 – 2 October 1850), also known as Sarah Biffin, Sarah Beffin, or by her married name Mrs E. M. Wright, was a Victorian English painter born with no arms and only vestigial legs. She was 94 cm (37 in) tall. She was born in 1784 in Somerset. Despite her disability she learned to read and write, and to paint using her mouth. She was apprenticed to a man named Dukes, who exhibited her as an attraction throughout England. In the St. Bartholomew's Fair of 1808, she came to the attention of George Douglas, the Earl of Morton, who went on to sponsor her to receive lessons from a Royal Academy of Arts painter, William Craig. The Society of Arts awarded her a medal in 1821 for a historical miniature and the Royal Academy accepted her paintings. The Royal Family commissioned her to (en)
  • Sarah (of Sara) Biffen ( (Somerset), oktober 1784 - Liverpool, 2 oktober 1850) was een victoriaanse, Britse kunstschilderes, die geboren was zonder armen. Toen ze 12 was stopte ze met groeien, ze was toen 94 cm. Sarah kwam uit een boerengezin uit in Somerset. Ze had geen armen, en nauwelijks noemenswaardige benen. Ondanks haar handicaps leerde Sarah lezen, en later zelfs schrijven, met haar mond. Ze kon ook naaien en knippen. Sarah Biffen stierf op 2 oktober, in 1850, op 66-jarige leeftijd. Ze is begraven op de St. James begraafplaats in Liverpool. (nl)
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  • Liverpool, England (en)
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