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Birth Date

1726

First Name

Abraham

Last Name

Portal

Bibliography

Christopher Portal, The Reluctant Goldsmith (Castle Cary Press, 1993); inf. Bill Christmas and Bridget Keegan.

Biographical Text

Better known for his dramatic works; befriended and helped by John Langhorne. The preface to his first play, Olindo and Sophronia, notes that he had ‘hitherto passed his time, not in the learned and peaceful retreats of the Muses but in the rude and noisy shop of Vulcan.’ He also made a name for himself in his trade, and his work is still sought after in the antique market. An example of his finest work in silver, an enormous wine cistern commissioned by the Earl of Huntingdon, is shown on this web page, visited 3 Feb 2006: http://www.shrubsole.com/English_Silver/web/pages/03_22.htm [BROKEN LINK]

Occupation

Gold/Silversmith poet

Death Date

1809

Publications

Nuptial Elegies (1774) and Poems (1781), which reprints earlier material with additions, and an occasional piece on the death of Langhorne (1779)

OED DNB

Yes

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