to Restoration and 18th-C. Literature to Luminarium Portrait Anne Finch, Countess Of Winchilsea by by Peter Cross c.1690. © National Portrait Gallery, London. With their generous permission. Site copyright ©1996-2006 Anniina Jokinen. All Rights Reserved. Created by Anniina Jokinen on November 24, 2006. Anne Finch, also known as Anne Kingsmill and Anne Kingsmill Finch was Countess of Winchilsea, also known as Winchelsea in England. She was an English Poet of the Restoration and 18th century and her poems are considered to be some of the few great poems on nature between Milton's Paradise Lost and Thomson's Seasons. Her poetry is part of the canon of english literature and she is one of the few female (feminine, woman, women, poetess) writers. A lady poet, she is part of the Early Modern women writers, and . Her part in history was not appreciated until first Wordsworth, and then Edmund Gosse, noted her in his criticism. She can be considered part of the canon of early modern women writers during the renaissance and renaissance women writers. Anne Finch, also known as Anne Kingsmill and Anne Kingsmill Finch was Countess of Winchilsea, also known as Winchelsea in England. She was an English Poet of the Restoration and 18th century and her poems are considered to be some of the few great poems on nature between Milton's Paradise Lost and Thomson's Seasons. Her poetry is part of the canon of english literature and she is one of the few female (feminine, woman, women, poetess) writers. A lady poet, she is part of the Early Modern women writers, and . Her part in history was not appreciated until first Wordsworth, and then Edmund Gosse, noted her in his criticism. She can be considered part of the canon of early modern women writers during the renaissance and renaissance women writers.