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Surname	Dacre	Alternative Surname
First Name	Lady Barbarina Brand	Initial of Surname	D
Year of Birth/Baptism	1768	Flourished
Year of Death	1854
Biographical Details	A poet, dramatist and amateur wax modeller, also known as Mrs Wilmot. The plate of Thomas Banks’ Falling Titan, included in John Britton’s Fine Arts of the English School (1812) is dedicated to ‘Mrs Wilmot, who has executed many works in sculpture with exquisite taste and ability.’ For further information the reader is referred to Pyke 1973, 35 and Pyke 1981, 12. Archival Reference: Letter John Flaxman to Mrs Wilmot, YCBA