BIB_ID
301923
Accession number
MA 3939.8
Creator
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821.
Display Date
1820 July 27-Aug. 3.
Credit line
Gift of Edward Powis Jones, 1978-9.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of autograph letters from Hester Lynch Piozzi to William Augustus Conway. Letters in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 3939 for more information.
With postmark and seal.
With postmark and seal.
Summary
Giving her impressions of Penzance; quoting John Dryden; telling a story about Aristides; hoping he is in London; discussing [Peter Paul] Rubens and his love of painting lions; noting that there is a geology school in Penzance; summarizing a passage from Martial; complaining about her health.
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