Mary Delany [ Art and Literature / Reading & Writing ]
… Image Henrietta Ward, 'The Queens Lodge, Windsor, in 1786', 1872, Walker Art Gallery. Image Mary Delany by John Opie, NPG 1030. Résumé … In 1782, the number and celebrity of her guests led her to neglect Hannah More’s conversation, which she soon afterwards apologized for in a letter: 'I hope you have not suffered from the pleasure you bestowed on me last Saturday. I was … Samuel Johnson, William Pepys, Horace Walpole, in precise, unbroken semi-circles opposite the fireside, to paraphrase Edward Burney’s description. 11 Although Mary Delany’s name is not mentioned in Hannah More’s poem (neither is Hester …
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