Peter Du Bois enjoyed the patronage of Bishop George Berkeley
, who was said to have emphasised his superiority to most musicians—evidence that the match was seen as mixing social classes in a manner analogous...
Family and Intimate relationships
Hester Lynch Piozzi
The widowed Hester Thrale
married the Roman Catholic Italian musician Gabriel Piozzi
, in London.
Clifford, James L. Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs Thrale). Clarendon Press, 1987.
229
Family and Intimate relationships
Hester Lynch Piozzi
Gabriel Piozzi
died after years of excruciating pain from gout, through which HLP
nursed him devotedly.
Clifford, James L. Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs Thrale). Clarendon Press, 1987.
423-4
Family and Intimate relationships
Hester Lynch Piozzi
Gabriel Piozzi
came into Hester Thrale's life as music teacher of her eldest daughter. Two days before Henry Thrale's death a friend told her warningly, that Man is in Love with you.
qtd. in
Clifford, James L. Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs Thrale). Clarendon Press, 1987.
198
Probably by...
Friends, Associates
Frances Burney
Her friendship with Hester Thrale was always problematic: she sometimes had an uncomfortable feeling that she was being condescended to. When, after Henry Thrale's death, Hester married Gabriel Piozzi
, Frances disapproved, and she let...
Friends, Associates
Elizabeth Montagu
Like the other bluestockings, EM
repudiated Thrale when she fell in love with Gabriel Piozzi
and, as a widow, decided to marry him. She not only condemned the morality of this unconventional move, but when...
Material Conditions of Writing
Hester Lynch Piozzi
This travel book was the fruit of her time abroad with her second husband
, and of the new notebook which she had opened for her honeymoon.
Clifford, James L. Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs Thrale). Clarendon Press, 1987.
339
It was included in 2009 in the...
Residence
Hester Lynch Piozzi
HLP
and her second husband
settled at Brynbella in Flintshire, Wales.
Clifford, James L. Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs Thrale). Clarendon Press, 1987.
383
Travel
Hester Lynch Piozzi
HLP
and her new husband
left England for Italy, after she had seen her daughters to say goodbye.
Clifford, James L. Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs Thrale). Clarendon Press, 1987.