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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.
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 ...
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.
An illustrated talk by Cassie Ulph of the University of Manchester for the Streatham Society on 29th April 2021The death of Hester Piozzi on 2 May 1821 marke...
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Her career is described in the D.N.B. and other works, and, more recently (Oxford, 1941), by James L. Clifford in Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs. Thrale), a work based on an exhaustive study of much 'Piozziana' and 'Thraliana,' including the material in the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California, the John Rylands Library, Manchester, and ...
Review by Sara Wilson. This is the biography of Hester Thrale, nee Salusbury. Relying heavily on over thirty years of her own writings known charmingly as Thraliana, Hester paints a picture of an extraordinary and idiosyncratic lady.
