page_title: Eliza Draper
hierarchical_section_title: Eliza Draper
caption_attribution_description: English: Mrs. Elizabeth Draper , (née Sclater ) 1744 - 1778 born on 5 April 1744, at Angengo, Malabar, a British trading post in Travancore country on the Arabian Sea coast. Portrait by John Raphael Smith. guess painting at 1770
context_page_description: Eliza Draper is best known as Laurence Sterne's Eliza. She was his muse and is commemorated in his Sentimental Journey and Journal to Eliza. She had literary talents which were developed under Sterne's influence and she wrote many long and interesting letters from India, vividly describing the life and customs there.
context_section_description: Eliza Draper (5 April 1744 – 3 August 1778) is best known as Laurence Sterne's Eliza. She was his muse and is commemorated in his Sentimental Journey and Journal to Eliza. She had literary talents which were developed under Sterne's influence and she wrote many long and interesting letters from India, vividly describing the life and customs there.
caption: by John Raphael Smith
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