Elizabeth Hands

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EH , a mid-eighteenth-century labouring-class poet, is of interest for the literary quality of her work (in pastoral, narrative poetry/biblical paraphrase, and satire) and also as an example of writing and publishing without the usual support of education and social standing.

Milestones

Shortly before 5 June 1746
Elizabeth Herbert (later EH ) was born at Harbury in Warwickshire: this was the day of her christening.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
24 November 1788
Jopson's Coventry Mercury advertised the subscription for EH 's The Death of Amnon; it advertised the volume itself on 21 September 1789.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
21 September 1789
EH 's The Death of Amnon. A Poem. With an Appendix: Containing Pastorals, and Other Poetical Pieces was advertised as printed for the Author by subscription at Coventry, with her name.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Hands, Elizabeth. The Death of Amnon. Printed for the Author, 1789.
prelims
Shortly before 28 June 1815
EH died at Bourton-on-Dunsmore in Warwickshire.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Biography

Birth and Family

Shortly before 5 June 1746
Elizabeth Herbert (later EH ) was born at Harbury in Warwickshire: this was the day of her christening.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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