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Lady Sarah Elizabeth Hay-Williams (née Amherst; 9 July 1801 – 8 August 1876) was an English artist and botanical illustrator.[1][2] She was born on 9 July 1801 to Sarah Amherst and William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst.[3] She travelled with her parents to India and while there completed several watercolour paintings now held in the collection of the British Library.[4][5][6] She later married Sir John Hay-Williams in 1842. In 1846 Hay-Williams contributed a watercolour to Edwards's Botanical Register.[7] After returning to the United Kingdom she had two children including Margaret Verney.[8] She died in 1876 at Chateau Rhianfa on 8 August 1876.[7]

Sarah Elizabeth Hay-Williams
Born
Lady Sarah Elizabeth Amherst

(1801-07-09)9 July 1801
Died8 August 1876(1876-08-08) (aged 75)
NationalityBritish
Known forwatercolour painting
Spouse
Sir John Hay-Williams
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(m. 1842; died 1859)​
Children2, including Margaret
Parent(s)William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst
Sarah Archer
Illustration by Sarah Elizabeth Hay-Williams
Illustration by Sarah Elizabeth Hay-Williams

References


  1. Herbert, Eugenia W. (2011). Flora's Empire: British Gardens in India. Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 77. ISBN 9780812243260.
  2. "AMHERST, Lady SARAH ELIZABETH". British Library Archives and Manuscripts Collection. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  3. "Sarah Elizabeth Amherst". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  4. Losty, Jeremiah P. (1990). Calcutta: city of palaces : a survey of the city in the days of the East India Company, 1690-1858. London: British Library. pp. 96–98.
  5. "The Buland Darwaza of the Jami Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra (U.P.). 1829, from a sketch made in 1827". British Library. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  6. "East wing of Government House, Calcutta". British Library. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  7. Lindley, John (1846). "Trichosanthes colubrina". Edwards's Botanical Register. 32: 18 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  8. "Sarah Elizabeth Williams". Geni. 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2019.


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