HERSTORY: The Eighth Wonder of the World, Sarah Biffin

Self-portrait, 1821. On her sleeve can be seen her paintbrush, sewn in. I came across Sarah Biffin’s extroadinary story a few years back and then was reminded of it at a recent exhibition of rare Elizabethan portraits at the Philip Mould Gallery in London. Philip Mould has written a book on Biffin called ‘Without Hands’ and held the first exhibition of her work in 2022 in 100 years!!! Its…