JT
's father, Isaac Taylor the elder
, was well known as an engraver. When the family moved to Colchester he became a Dissenting minister, and he spent an hour in prayer every morning.
Armitage, Doris Mary. The Taylors of Ongar. W. Heffer and Sons, 1939.
34, 4
Family and Intimate relationships
Ann Martin Taylor
Ann Martin
married Isaac Taylor
, an engraver by trade, who later became a dissenting minister.
Gilbert, Ann Taylor. Ann Taylor Gilbert’s Album. Editor Stewart, Christina Duff, Garland, 1978.
521
Family and Intimate relationships
Ann Taylor Gilbert
The young Ann
and Jane Taylor
had a bad few months: their father
was desperately ill with rheumatic fever, and at the height of his illness their mother
suffered a nervous collapse.
Gilbert, Ann Taylor. Autobiography and Other Memorials of Mrs. Gilbert. Editor Gilbert, Josiah, H. S. King, 1874, 2 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N .
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Family and Intimate relationships
Ann Taylor Gilbert
ATG
's father, Isaac Taylor the elder
, is well known in the history of printing as an engraver. He was also a dissenting minister from his ordination on 21 April 1796 (and before that...
Material Conditions of Writing
Ann Taylor Gilbert
All these books were written under the disadvantage of parental disapproval, or at least anxiety. Isaac Taylor the elder
did not want his children to become authors.
Occupation
Jane Taylor
The Taylor family took the formal decision that Ann
and Jane
should enter their father
's profession, and be trained as engravers.
Armitage, Doris Mary. The Taylors of Ongar. W. Heffer and Sons, 1939.
39
Occupation
Ann Taylor Gilbert
In July 1797 Isaac Taylor the elder
responded to the harsh economic climate (caused in turn by the war with France) by beginning to employ his children in his engraving business instead of apprentices.
Armitage, Doris Mary. The Taylors of Ongar. W. Heffer and Sons, 1939.
39
Residence
Ann Taylor Gilbert
Ann
and Jane Taylor
left their childhood home at Lavenham in Suffolk, to move with their family to Colchester in Essex, where their father
became a dissenting minister.
Gilbert, Ann Taylor. Autobiography and Other Memorials of Mrs. Gilbert. Editor Gilbert, Josiah, H. S. King, 1874, 2 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N .
1: 86
Armitage, Doris Mary. The Taylors of Ongar. W. Heffer and Sons, 1939.
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Textual Production
Ann Taylor Gilbert
ATG
, her sister Jane
, and perhaps their brother Isaac
, anonymously provided the twelve poems making up a children's book called The Linnet's Life, illustrated by their father
.