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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.
- Hester Salusbury, Hester Piozzi
- 2 May 1821 (aged 80), Clifton, Bristol, England
- Hester Lynch Salusbury, 27 January 1741, Caernarvonshire, Wales
- Henry Thrale (m. 1763), Gabriel Mario Piozzi (m. 1784)
Image:Hester Thrale.jpg? Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi is one of the most interesting female writers of the late eighteenth century. The only daughter of an impoverished Welsh family, she received an excellent education “although Education was a Word then unknown, as applied to Females” ( Thraliana ).
Hester Thrale, a British traveller and writer, visited the Palace of Versailles in 1775 and wrote a letter to her friend Dr Johnson about her impressions. She described the grandeur, pomp and beauty of the palace, the crowds of visitors, and the scandal of her marriage to a music teacher. Read her account and see a portrait of her.
30 de abr. de 2024 · Hester Lynch Piozzi (born Jan. 27, 1740, Bodvel, Carnarvonshire, Wales—died May 2, 1821, Clifton, Bristol, Eng.) was an English writer and friend of Samuel Johnson. In 1763 she married a wealthy brewer named Henry Thrale.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
18 de out. de 2020 · 18 Oct 2020 11 minute read. Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi by Michael John Franklin. Sarah Tanburn. Hester Piozzi is the eponymous subject of a new addition to the Writers of Wales series by Michael John Franklin, a welcome survey of the life of an underrated woman who kept Welshness close to her heart through a long life of doublings ...
26 de abr. de 2019 · The Bluestockings were an eighteenth-century literary group of aristocratic and brilliant women who championed the art of refined and intellectual conversation. They were often defined as radical for their time, but in fact they were rather conservative in their aims. Learn about their history, members, and legacy from Art UK Stories.
Hester Lynch Piozzi (née Salusbury, later Mrs. Thrale) Italian. 1785–86. 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.
