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Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi (née Salusbury; later Piozzi; 27 January 1741 or 16 January 1740 – 2 May 1821), a Welsh-born diarist, author, socialite and patron of the arts, is an important source on Samuel Johnson and 18th-century English life.
The text which follows is a fictional narrative of Hester Lynch Thrale’s visit, based on fragments and testimonies that can be found at the exhibition, Visitors to Versailles, at the Château de Versailles until 25th of February 2018.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899. Hester Thrale’s face radiates intelligence and determination. The sitter kept a diary of the 1775 trip to France she took with her husband and Samuel Johnson, the famed British lexicographer.
26 de abr. de 2019 · Hester Thrale (1741–1821) who was later known by the name of her second marriage 'Piozzi', was a Welsh-born author and patron of the arts. Like many of the Bluestockings, she was very close to Samuel Johnson, publishing the controversial bestselling Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson in 1786, which caused a stir amongst other members of the ...
30 de nov. de 2008 · Hester Thrale, the subject of a biography just published in Britain—“Hester,” by Ian McIntyre (Constable; £25)—is one of the most appealing people of the late eighteenth century, and part...
27 de out. de 2010 · Curiously, British women biographers have neglected Hester Thrale Piozzi, leaving the field open to Ian McIntyre to write a thorough, and thoroughly delightful, life of “the most independent Woman in the World.”
views 2,918,530 updated. Hester Lynch Thrale, later Mrs. Piozzi (pēŏz´ē, pēôt´tsē), 1741–1821, Englishwoman, noted for her intimate friendship with Samuel Johnson.
