AP
's mother, born Anne Skepper
, was a clever and observant woman, a frequent and influential hostess to the London literary elite. Frances Kemble
considered her notable for her pungent epigrams and brilliant sallies...
ER
appeared in public as Mrs Eastlake for the first time at the house of Lady Davy
, where she was introduced to Augusta Ada Byron
(Byron's daughter) and to Thackeray
. At London parties...
Friends, Associates
Geraldine Jewsbury
GJ
entered the social scene of the capital with several connections already made. Her London friends included members of the Kingsley and Rossetti families, feminist reformer Frances Power Cobbe
, author John Ruskin
, Samuel Carter
Intertextuality and Influence
Adelaide Procter
Her mother
encouraged her love of poetry, before AP
could write, by making for her daughter a little album into which she copied her favourite passages. Dickens commented: It looks as if she had carried...
Wealth and Poverty
Anna Brownell Jameson
Anne Procter
initiated a subscription fund on ABJ
's behalf, which garnered Jameson an annuity of £100 and a gift of £70.
Thomas, Clara. Love and Work Enough: The Life of Anna Jameson. University of Toronto Press, 1967.
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Wealth and Poverty
Anna Brownell Jameson
Anne Procter
and Thackeray
were active in soliciting financial aid for her. John Murray
and Thackeray later became her trustees.
Thomas, Clara. Love and Work Enough: The Life of Anna Jameson. University of Toronto Press, 1967.