Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… Image Anon., ‘Hester Lynch Piozzi’, © National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 4942, ca. 1785-86. Résumé Often considered a contradictory character herself, Hester Thrale Piozzi, now best … were ultimately disappointed twice. Her uncles’ money, however, enabled the family to enjoy occasional trips to London, where they moved in illustrious circles, including William Hogarth, and to expand Hester’s education to include … and early poetry, see also William McCarthy, Hester Thrale Piozzi: Portrait of a Literary Woman (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 1985), ch. 1. While Hester remained a lifelong believer in the superiority of …
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