Sykes, Christopher Simon. The Big House. HarperCollins.
126, opposite 196
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Leisure and Society | Melesina Trench | MT
's great beauty was captured in portraits by George Romney
and Sir Thomas Lawrence
. She was listed among the Celebrated Beauties of the Last Century in a book of that title by Frances A. Gerard |
Leisure and Society | Henrietta Sykes | Sir Joshua Reynolds
painted HS
at full length; the portrait remains at Sledmere. So does a group by Sir Thomas Lawrence
of her with her husband and brother-in-law. Sykes, Christopher Simon. The Big House. HarperCollins. 126, opposite 196 |
Leisure and Society | Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan | While living with the Marquess of Abercorn, Sydney Owenson had her portrait drawn by Sir Thomas Lawrence
. Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan,. Lady Morgan’s Memoirs. Editors Dixon, William Hepworth and Geraldine Jewsbury, AMS Press. 1: 426 |
Publishing | Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan | She wrote it while a member of the Marquess of Abercorn
''s household, where she read it aloud in the evenings to less than informed criticism. As before, she and Phillips
could not agree on... |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Naomi Royde-Smith | NRS
says she has often found that my own selection of relevant detail has lighted on facts passed over as insignificant by other writers. Royde-Smith, Naomi. The Private Life of Mrs. Siddons. V. Gollancz. 11 |
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... |
Friends, Associates | Maria Riddell | In England as in Scotland MR
had a wide circle of friends. They included the artists Thomas Lawrence
and Henry Fuseli
and the writers Samuel Rogers
, Richard Sharp
, and Sir James Mackintosh
... |
Leisure and Society | Maria Riddell | During these years MR
prided herself on being, if not a literary hostess, then a friend and supporter of authors. She sat to Thomas Lawrence
in 1805 or 1806 for a striking portrait. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. MacNaughton, Angus. Burns’ Mrs Riddell. A Biography. Volturna Press. 120-1, 122 |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Frances O'Neill | The volume includes poems of natural description, of meditation, and of political comment. FON
expresses delight at the election victory on 9 August 1802 (in John Wilkes's old constituency of Middlesex) of Sir Francis Burdett |
Textual Features | Caroline Norton | The volume for 1834 had plates and paintings by Mrs Robertson
, William Daniell
, and Sir Thomas Lawrence
. Typical subjects for illustrations were, as in other periodicals, portraits of aristocratic beauties and scenes... |
Instructor | Louisa Anne Meredith | Sir Thomas Lawrence
, President of the Royal Academy
, tutored Louisa Anne Twamley (later LAM
) privately in art. Rae-Ellis, Vivienne. Louisa Anne Meredith: A Tigress in Exile. St David’s Park. 33 |
Leisure and Society | Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington | Her portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence
was exhibited at the Royal Academy
in 1822. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington,. “Introduction”. Conversations of Lord Byron, edited by Ernest J. Lovell, Princeton University Press, pp. 3-114. 8 Molloy, Joseph Fitzgerald. The Most Gorgeous Lady Blessington. Downey. 36 Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington,. “Introduction”. Conversations of Lord Byron, edited by Ernest J. Lovell, Princeton University Press, pp. 3-114. 106 |
Education | Jane Marcet | Jane Haldimand was educated at home, where she read widely in both English and French. She had lessons from tutors in mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy (the last-named a close relation of modern science. Her... |
Leisure and Society | Sophia Lee | |
Intertextuality and Influence | Catherine Fanshawe | Lines from this poem suggested to Sir Thomas Lawrence
the group portrait he entitled The Calmady Children or Mr. Calmady's Children. Fanshawe, Catherine. Memorials of Miss Catherine Maria Fanshawe. Editor Harness, William, Privately printed by Vacher and Sons. 28, 33 |
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