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Esther Vanhomrigh or Van Homrigh (known by the pseudonym Vanessa; c. 1688 – 2 June 1723), an Irish woman of Dutch descent, was a longtime lover and correspondent of Jonathan Swift. Swift's letters to her were published after her death.
Contents. Esther Vanhomrigh. friend of Swift. Also known as: Vanessa. Learn about this topic in these articles: association with Swift. In Jonathan Swift: Withdrawal to Ireland of Jonathan Swift. …his life of another woman, Esther Vanhomrigh, whom he named Vanessa (and who also appeared in his poetry)?
Cadenus and Vanessa" is a poem by Jonathan Swift about one of his lovers, Esther Vanhomrigh (Vanessa), written in 1713 and published as a book in 1726, three years after the death of Vanhomrigh. It contains in its title an anagram and a neologism: Cadenus is an anagram of the Latin decanus , meaning 'dean': Swift was dean of St ...
Carpenter, Andrew. Van Homrigh (Vanhomrigh), Esther (Hester) (1688–1723), Jonathan Swift 's (qv) ‘Vanessa’, was born 14 February 1688 in Dublin, eldest of the four children of Bartholomew Van Homrigh (qv), a wealthy Dublin merchant of Dutch extraction who had provided supplies for the forces of William III (qv) during the Irish wars, and ...
Esther Vanhomrigh (conocida por el seudónimo de Vanessa; c. 1688-2 de junio de 1723) fue una escritora irlandesa de ascendencia neerlandesa. Fue amante y corresponsal de Jonathan Swift durante mucho tiempo. Las cartas de Swift a ella se publicaron después de su muerte.
Esther Vanhomrigh or Van Homrigh (known by the pseudonym Vanessa; c. 1688 – 2 June 1723), an Irish woman of Dutch descent, was a longtime lover and correspondent of Jonathan Swift. Swift's letters to her were published after her death.
Esther van Homrigh was the daughter of Bartholomew Van Homrigh, a merchant of Amsterdam and afterwards of Dublin. He was Lord Mayor of Dublin 1697–8. Her mother, also named Esther, was the daughter of John Stone, an Irish commissioner of revenue. Esther grew up at Celbridge Abbey in County Kildare.
