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

Chapter 3: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME ONE
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. I.

Mrs. Montagu (née Elizabeth Robinson) Frontispiece
From a miniature by C. F. Zincke, in the possession of The Hon. Elizabeth Montagu, Farnham Royal. (Photogravure.)
TO FACE PAGE
Mount Morris, near Hythe, Kent 8
From an old print, 1809.
Miss Morris, Grandmother of Mrs. Montagu 16
From a picture (artist unknown), in the possession of the Hon. Elizabeth Montagu. (Photogravure.)
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Robinson (Mrs. Montagu’s Father and Mother) 32
From a picture by W. Hamilton, in the possession of The Hon. Elizabeth Montagu, Farnham Royal. (Photogravure.)
W. Freind, D.D., Dean of Canterbury 64
From the picture by T. Worlidge.
William, Second Duke of Portland 76
From the picture by Thomas Hudson, in the possession of the Duke of Portland. (Photogravure.)
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 80
From a miniature (artist unknown), in the possession of Mrs. Climenson. (Photogravure.)
Sir Thomas Robinson (1st Baron Rokeby) 100
From a picture (artist unknown), in the possession of The Hon. Elizabeth Montagu, Farnham Royal. (Photogravure.)
Morris Robinson 144
From the picture by the Rev. M. W. Peters, R.A., in the possession of The Hon. Elizabeth Montagu, Farnham Royal. (Photogravure.)
Sandleford Priory, near Newbury, Berkshire 152
From a photograph.
Denton Hall, Northumberland 160
Margaret Cavendish Harley, Duchess of Portland 192
From the picture by Thomas Hudson, in the possession of the Duke of Portland. (Photogravure.)
Lady Lechmere (née Howard), Afterwards Lady (Thomas) Robinson 208
From a picture (artist unknown), in the possession of The Hon. Elizabeth Montagu, Farnham Royal. (Photogravure.)
Gilbert West 296
From an engraving by E. Smith, after W. Walker.
Robinson Pedigree In pocket at end of Vol.