Elizabeth (Robinson) Montagu [ Art and Literature ]
… 4905, 1778. Résumé Called the ‘Queen of the Bluestockings’ in her own time, Elizabeth Montagu was perhaps the best-known salon hostess during the second half of the eighteenth century. She was a towering figure in circles promoting literary … company, and the Bulstrode circle may well have influenced Elizabeth Montagu’s own decision to start a literary salon afterwards. Witty, lively, and good-looking, Elizabeth Robinson had many suitors, and in 1742, aged 22, she settled … built for her in fashionable Portman Square which would serve as a representative basis for her already famous literary salons. Along with (at least) Frances Boscawen and Elizabeth Vesey, Elizabeth Montagu was a principal hostess of the …
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