Anna Sewell old Lammas Quaker meeting house. Anna Sewell Anna Sewell (; 30 March 1820 – 25 April 1878) was an English novelist. She is well known as the author of the 1877 novel "Black Beauty," one of the top ten best selling novels for children ever created. Sewell was born on 30 March 1820 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, into a devoutly Quaker family. Her father was Isaac Phillip Sewell (1793–1879), and her mother, Mary Wright Sewell (1798–1884), was a successful author of children's books. She had one sibling, a younger brother named Philip. The children were largely educated at home by
Brian Sewell himself a Roman Catholic, prompting an emotional response to the faith of pilgrims at Lourdes. The series attracted large audiences and won the Sandford St. Martin Trust award for Best Religious Programme. Following "The Naked Pilgrim" Sewell presented on two more series for Channel 5: "Brian Sewell's Phantoms & Shadows: 100 Years of Rolls-Royce" in 2004 and "Brian Sewell's Grand Tour" in 2006. Sewell also appeared as a guest film reviewer on Channel 5's "Movie Lounge", where he frequently savaged films. In "Dirty Dalí: A Private View" on Channel 4 on 3 June 2007, Sewell described his acquaintance with Salvador