Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821, Letter to William Makepeace Thackeray, 1815 December 13
- Call Number:
- MSS 29
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821
- Title(s):
- Letter to William Makepeace Thackeray
- Date:
- 1815 December 13
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- [80]
- Provenance:
- Paul Mellon Collection.
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- Piozzi hopes to visit Thackeray in July "unencumber'd by Debts & no longer haunted by Vexations which have tormented me for two long years." She has finished renovating Streatham Park. She is now in Bath, "Two Rooms & Two Maids her whole Establishment." She discusses visiting actors and dancers and mentions a ten year old who plays the piano "like a professor." Piozzi also copies out a short poem. People mentioned: Miss Letitia Barnston, Mrs. Salusbury, Dr. Holland, Dr. Harington, Mrs. Thackeray, and Selina Thackeray. See: Bloom, vol. 5, p. 433.
- Physical Description:
- 4 pages (2 leaves) : autograph letter, signed ; 24 x 19 cm.
- Genre:
- Correspondence and Letters
- Subject Terms:
- Authors, EnglishFirst Coalition, War of the, 1792-1797GoutMedicineNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815PhysiciansPolitics and government
- Subject Period:
- 1789-182018th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821Streatham Park (London, England)Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
- Finding Aid Title:
- Hester Lynch Piozzi Letters to Dr. William Makepeace Thackeray
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/16.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2663
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2663?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1