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Elizabeth Montagu, the queen of the bluestockings, Volumes 1 and 2

Chapter 13: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME TWO
By Mrs. Montagu
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A curated selection of personal letters and editorial commentary recounts the subject’s early life, marriage, and management of a large household while illuminating her role as a cultured salon hostess and organizer of philanthropic initiatives. The correspondence interweaves everyday concerns about dress, health, and estate affairs with exchanges about books, music, religion, and public events, showing a balance of practical responsibility and intellectual curiosity. The editor arranges material to highlight social networks, domestic routine, and moral sentiments, offering readers a portrait formed from intimate communications and contemporaneous reactions rather than a continuous narrative.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
VOL. II.

Mrs. Montagu Frontispiece
From the engraved portrait by C. Townley, after Frances Reynolds, in the possession of Mr. A. M. Broadley. (Photogravure.)
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Tea and Coffee in the Bath-room 38
From the drawing by John Nixon, in the possession of Mr. A. M. Broadley.
The Circus, at Bath 40
From a drawing by Thomas Malton, in the possession of Mr. A. M. Broadley.
The King’s Bath, at Bath 60
From a drawing by Thomas Rowlandson, in the possession of Mr. A. M. Broadley.
Philip, Fourth Earl of Chesterfield 64
From the picture by William Hoare, R.A., in the National Portrait Gallery. (Photogravure.)
David and Mrs. Garrick 82
From the picture by William Hogarth, in the possession of His Majesty The King. (Photogravure.)
George, Lord Lyttelton 96
From a picture by (unknown), in the National Portrait Gallery.
Mrs. Mary Delany 106
From the picture by John Opie, R.A., in the National Portrait Gallery.
Allerthorpe Hall, Yorkshire 120
Conyers Middleton 120
From the mezzotint by Faber, after the picture by Eccardt, 1746. (Photogravure.)
Benjamin Stillingfleet 128
From an engraving by V. Green, after Zoffany.
Mrs. Elizabeth Carter 160
From the picture by Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A.
Dr. Samuel Johnson 164
From the picture painted for Topham Beauclerk by Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., in the possession of Mr. A. H. Hallam Murray.
Edmund Burke 170
From the picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., in the National Portrait Gallery.
Dr. Edward Young 256
From the picture by (unknown), in the National Portrait Gallery.
William Pulteney, First Earl of Bath 258
From a picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., 1761, in the National Portrait Gallery. (Photogravure.)
Laurence Sterne 272
After the picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., in the possession of The Marquess of Lansdowne. (Photogravure.)