Portrait of Amelia Opie

Portrait of Amelia Opie is an oil on canvas portrait painting by the British artist John Opie depicting his wife Amelia Opie, a noted writer and abolitionist. It was created in 1798. It was painted the year the couple married. The Cornish-born John Opie was a noted portraitist of the late Georgian era. After his death in 1807 Amelia became a quaker known for her role in good causes. Today the painting is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London, having been acquired in 1887. It has been describe as "one the finest portraits of the era, rivalling in expression Reynolds' Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse".