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Call Number:
MSS 29
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821
Title(s):
Letter to William Makepeace Thackeray
Date:
1808 January 17
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Part of Collection:
[38]
Provenance:
Paul Mellon Collection.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
The 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 Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Scope and Content:
Piozzi still worries about the fate of the landscape painting. The "brawn" she ordered to cure Mr. Piozzi's itching has been lost on the road. Piozzi also remarks on the growing local population. People mentioned: Sophia Hoare, Barclay, Mr. Piozzi, Mr. Moore, Mr. Rogers and Lady Keith.
Physical Description:
4 pages (2 leaves) : autograph letter, signed ; 23 x 19 cm.
Genre:
Correspondence and Letters
Subject Terms:
Authors, English
First Coalition, War of the, 1792-1797
Gout
Medicine
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Physicians
Politics and government
Subject Period:
1789-1820
18th century
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821
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/2620
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2620?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1