Fraser, Maxwell. “Jane Williams (Ysgafell) 1806-1885”. Brycheiniog, Vol.
7
, 1961, pp. 95-114. 102
Augusta Hall Baroness Llanover
Standard Name: Llanover, Augusta Hall,,, Baroness
Used Form: Lady Llanover
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Jane Williams | JW
became a member of the literary circle of Augusta Hall, later Lady Llanover
(who is known as a patron of Lady Charlotte Guest
and as editor of Mary Delany
's autobiography and correspondence). Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. under Augusta Hall |
| Friends, Associates | Geraldine Jewsbury | GJ
's later social circle included many writers: Sydney, Lady Morgan
, who became a close friend and for whom GJ
acted as amanuensis; author Lady Llanover
; author and publisher Douglas Jerrold
; and... |
| Friends, Associates | Mary Delany | MD
continued to make new friends late in life (though she was said to have declined to meet Hester Thrale
). Jones, Mary Gwladys. Hannah More. Cambridge University Press, 1952. 60 |
| Health | Jane Williams | She convalesced at Abercarn Uchaf, where Augusta Hall
provided much comfort and support. Fraser, Maxwell. “Jane Williams (Ysgafell) 1806-1885”. Brycheiniog, Vol. 7 , 1961, pp. 95-114. 102 |
| Literary responses | George Paston | A recent Delany scholar, Janice Farrar Thaddeus
, calls this book useful, unromantic, and fairly accurate. Thaddeus, Janice. “Mary Delany, Model to the Age”. History, Gender & Eighteenth-Century Literature, edited by Beth Fowkes Tobin, University of Georgia Press, 1994, pp. 113-40. 137n2 |
| Publishing | Jane Williams | JW
published The Origin, Rise, and Progress of the Paper People, with illustrations by Lady Llanover
, which describes the world of paper people created by herself and her siblings during her childhood. British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. Fraser, Maxwell. “Jane Williams (Ysgafell) 1806-1885”. Brycheiniog, Vol. 7 , 1961, pp. 95-114. 97-8 |
| Publishing | Mary Delany | Lady Llanover
edited and published MD
's Autobiography and Correspondence, in two sets of three volumes each. Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. The Athenaeum Index of Reviews and Reviewers: 1830-1870. http://replay.web.archive.org/20070714065452/http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/home.html. 1732 (5 January 1861): 9-11 The Athenaeum Index of Reviews and Reviewers: 1830-1870. http://replay.web.archive.org/20070714065452/http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/home.html. 1784 (4 January 1862): 11-5 |
| Textual Features | Jan Morris | A Writer's House in Wales takes her home, Trefan Morys (originally the stables of Plas Trefan) as a focal point (or rather a summation, a metaphor, a paradigm, a microcosm, an exemplar, a multum in... |
| Textual Production | Mary Delany | MD
created work in many visual genres: drawing, painting, silhouettes, cut-paper work, shellwork, and patterns for embroidery as well as the actual embroidery itself. Her collateral descendant and biographer Ruth Hayden
remembered as a child... |
| Textual Production | Mary Delany | A few of MD
's letters had already reached print: those to Swift
in 1766 and those to Frances Hamilton in 1820. Lady Llanover
was an extremely meticulous editor, Thaddeus, Janice. “Mary Delany, Model to the Age”. History, Gender & Eighteenth-Century Literature, edited by Beth Fowkes Tobin, University of Georgia Press, 1994, pp. 113-40. 133 |
| Travel | Jane Williams |
Timeline
1850: The earliest periodical for women in Welsh,...
Women writers item
1850
The earliest periodical for women in Welsh, the monthly Y Gymraes: cylchgrawn i ferched Cymru, issued its first number at Caerdydd or Cardiff. It was funded by Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover
, and...
Texts
Delany, Mary. The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany. Editor Llanover, Augusta Hall, Baroness, R. Bentley, 1862, 6 vols.
Williams, Jane, and Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover. The Origin, Rise, and Progress of the Paper People. Grant and Griffith, 1856.