Robinson, Mary. Perdita: The Memoirs of Mary Robinson. Editor Levy, Moses Joseph, Peter Owen.
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King George IV
Standard Name: George IV, King
Used Form: Prince of Wales
Used Form: Prince Regent
Used Form: George the Fourth
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Robinson | MR
later separated from Thomas after becoming mistress to the Prince of Wales
. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Robinson | A couple of days after her royal command performance as Perdita, an emissary of the Prince of Wales
brought her a short but expressive |
| Leisure and Society | Mary Robinson | As a beautiful actress MR
was frequently painted by artists, who included Richard Cosway
, Thomas Gainsborough
, Angelica Kauffmann
, Thomas Lawrence
, Joshua Reynolds
, and George Romney
. As the prince's mistress... |
| politics | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | He held office under the Whigs, played a role in the trial of Warren Hastings
, became an intimate friend of the Prince of Wales
, and was a vital player (with Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire |
| Friends, Associates | Melesina Trench | Wherever she went on her first European trip she had access to exclusive circles of society. She met Nelson
and his mistress, Emma, Lady Hamilton
, the writer Antoine de Rivarol
, Napoleon's brother Lucien Bonaparte |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Anna Jane Vardill | Vardill continued to write for public occasions: on the death of Princess Charlotte
(The Bride's Dirge, December 1817) and on those of George III
and the Duke of Kent
(The Eldest King... |
| Dedications | Anna Jane Vardill | The full title was Poems and Translations from the Minor Greek Poets and Others: written chiefly between the ages of ten and sixteen. The volume was supplied with two title-pages, one conventionally printed and... |
| Literary responses | Anna Jane Vardill | This volume was reviewed in the European Magazine in August by Joseph Moser
, who was at the time its leading poetry contributor. De Montluzin, Emily Lorraine. Attributions of Authorship in the European Magazine, 1782-1826. http://bsuva.org/bsuva/euromag/. |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Eglinton Wallace | In the play Lord Crotchet, who is a scholar of ancient Rome and thinks it superior to the modern world, plans a day of saturnalia, when servants change places with their masters. This is presented... |
| Publishing | Helen Maria Williams | The Poems were in two volumes, with HMW
's name in full, published by Rivington and Marshall
, with an engraved frontispiece drawn by Maria Cosway
. Subscribers included the Prince of Wales
(whose name... |
| Reception | Harriette Wilson | Frances Wilson
entitles Panic at the Palace her chapter about George IV
's outrage at the things said about his mistress Lady Conyngham
; it chronicles attempts to extradite HW
from Paris, in which... |
| Publishing | Harriette Wilson | Newspapers advertised the first instalment of HW
's Memoirs as due next day—but the promised contents (a list of names headed by the king
and three dukes) was an obvious invitation to buy out. Wilson, Frances. The Courtesan’s Revenge. Faber. 200 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Harriette Wilson | While at Brighton HW
made a proposition by letter to the Prince of Wales
(if you pity me, and believe you could make me in love with you, write to me) Wilson, Frances. The Courtesan’s Revenge. Faber. 38 |
| Textual Features | Mary Julia Young | The title-page quotes Le Sage
, in French, avowing that he intended to depict people as they are, but not real individuals (a quotation that might work in reverse, encouraging readers to expect recognisable portraits)... |
| Textual Production | Mary Julia Young | Young mentions the restraint laid on my pen by Personages who fear'd to be mention'd in those memoirs. Lloyd, Nicola. “Mary Julia Young. A Biographical and Bibliographical Study”. Romantic Textualities, No. 18. letter 1 |
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