Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… confined and dreary, and her husband was widely known to be a womanizer even then – he even let himself be seen at the theatre in company of his illustrious mistress, Kitty Page, while his wife duly stayed at home in the company of her … was quite a success, and introduced her to the French salonnière, Mme du Boccage, and her circle, as well as to French theatre and French art (Franklin 80-82). 5 4 . For her connections with Elizabeth Montagu, see McCarthy, op. cit., p. 33. … London: University of North Carolina Press, 1985). Nussbaum, Felicity A., ‘Hester Thrale Piozzi, the Bas Bleu, and the Theatre’ in Deborah Heller (ed.), Bluestockings Now! The Evolution of a Social Role (Farnham: Routledge, 2015), p. …
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