parts which had been cut out." A fourth drama bore the title of Xarifa. It was remarked in the Quarterly Review, No. xcvii. that her, "Dramas, both tragic and comic, have been much and greatly admired." Lady Dacre's book contained also several translations of the sonnets of Petrarch, some of which seemed to have been privately printed at an earlier date. In 1823, when Ugo Foscolo produced his Essays on Petrarch, he dedicated the volume to Lady Dacre. The last 45 pages of Foscolo's book were occupied by Lady Dacre's translations from Petrarch. In addition to her other accomplishments, Lady Dacre was an excellent amateur artist, and excelled in modelling animals, particularly the horse. Later life and death She edited in 1831 Recollections of a Chaperon, and in 1838, Tales of the Peerage and Peasantry, both written by her only daughter Arabella Sullivan (the author of Ellen Wareham). Arabella died in the year 1849, leaving by the Rev. Frederick Sullivan, Vicar of Kimpton, Hertfordshire, five children. Her final years were marked by the loss of her hearing. She died on 17 May 1854. Selected works Dramas, Translations, and Occasional Poems (2 vols., privately printed in 1821), including Gonzalvo of Cordova (1810, based on de Florian's Gonzalve de Cordone [1791]) Pedarias, a Tragic Drama (1811, based on Marmontel's Les Incas) Ina, a tragedy in five acts (produced at Drury Lane in 1815 under Sheridan; printed the same year) Xarifa (drama) Forty-five pages of her translated sonnets were published in Ugo Foscolo's Essays on Petrarch (1823) Editor, Recollections of a Chaperon by Arabella Sullivan (short stories, 1831) Editor, Tales of the Peerage and Peasantry by Arabella Sullivan (short stories, 1835) Translations from the Italian (privately printed in 1836) References Attribution Bibliography "Dacre, Barbarina Brand." The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. Virginia Blain et al., eds. New Haven and London: Yale UP, 1990. 259. A Family Chronicle derived from Notes and Letters selected by Barbarina, the Hon. Lady Grey, edited by Gertrude Lyster. John Murray, Albemarle Street, London W. This correspondence claims that Barbarina Ogle was the daughter of Sawrey Gilpin, not Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle. External links 1768 births 1854 deaths 18th-century English women writers 18th-century English writers 18th-century English poets 18th-century English dramatists and playwrights 18th-century British translators 19th-century English women writers 19th-century English writers 19th-century English poets 19th-century English dramatists and playwrights 19th-century British translators English women dramatists and