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Thrale, Hester (1741 - 1821)

Last edited by Floor_Toebes on Oct. 29, 2024, 4:41 p.m.

Short name	Thrale, Hester
VIAF	http://viaf.org/viaf/24645296
First name	Hester Lynch
Birth name	Salusbury
Married name
Alternative name	Hester Lynch Salusbury Thrale Piozzi — Hester Lynch Piozzi
Date of birth	1741
Date of death	1821
Flourishing	-
Sex	Female
Place of birth	-
Place of death	-
Lived in	England
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Unknown Italian artist, portrait of Hester Lynch Piozzi (née Salusbury, later Mrs Thrale), ca. 1786.

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Thrale, Hester was ...

related to	Joanna Baillie
correspondent and patron of	Burney, Frances
salon relation	Montagu, Elizabeth
salon relation	Williams, Helen Maria
related to	Seward, Anna

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Memberships	Blue Stockings Society
Place(s) of Residence	England

Author of

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Asheri (1760)	0	0
Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson LL.D. during the last twenty years of his Life (1786)	0	0
Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. to which are added some Poems never before printed. Published from the original MSS. In her Possessions (1788)	0	0
Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy and Germany (1789)	0	0
The Two Fountains. A Faery Tale in Three Acts (1790)	0	0
British Synonymy; or, an Attempt at regulating the Choice of Words in familiar Conversation. Inscribed, with Sentiments of Gratitude and Respect, to such of her foreign Friends as have made English Literature their peculiar Study (1794)	0	0
Retrospection: or a Review of the most striking and important Events, Characters, Situations, and their Consequences, which the last eighteen hundred Years have presented to the View of Mankind (1801)	0	0

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Circulations of Thrale, Hester, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)

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Receptions of Thrale, Hester, the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

Title	Author	Date	Type
Unknown Italian artist, portrait of Hester Lynch Piozzi (née Salusbury, later Mrs Thrale), ca. 1786.		1786	is portrait of

No translations (before 20th century) of her writings into French or Dutch in BNF or KB. svd dec08

Married Henry Thrale. Re-married Gabriel Piozzi.