Mary Wright Sewell Mary Wright Sewell Mary Wright Sewell (; 6 April 1797 – 10 June 1884) was an English poet and children's author. Though popular for writing juvenile bestsellers in her day, she is better known today as the mother of Anna Sewell, the author of "Black Beauty". Mary was born into the Quaker faith in 1797, and she married Isaac Sewell on the 15 June 1819 at Lamas in Norfolk. Her daughter Anna was born in 1820 and her son Philip two years later. Her husband Isaac had a number of ill-advised businesses and he declared himself bankrupt after his son
Brian Sewell as well as the practice of 'no-platforming' speakers/members. The Brian Sewell Archive consists mainly of Sewell's articles written in his role as an art critic as well passports, diaries, press-cuttings, postcards, photographs, programmes, research, scripts, voice-over texts, memorabilia, and correspondence. The archive is held at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Travel writing Art criticism Autobiography Fiction Brian Sewell Brian Sewell (; 15 July 1931 – 19 September 2015) was an English art critic and media personality. He wrote for the "Evening Standard" and was noted for his acerbic view of conceptual art and the Turner Prize.