| Mrs. Piozzi | (Photogravure) Frontispiece |
| By Meyer, after Jackson, 1811, from the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq. | |
| TO FACE PAGE | |
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| Catherine of Berain | 7 |
| By W. Bond, after J. Allen, 1798. | |
| Sir Richard Clough | 8 |
| By Basire, after M. Griffith. | |
| Dr. Johnson's Biographers (Mrs. Piozzi, Carey?, and Boswell) | 16 |
| From a caricature, 1786, in the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq. | |
| Streatham Park | 28 |
| By J. Landseer, after S. Prout, from the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq. | |
| Anna Seward | 34 |
| By W. Ridley, after Romney, 1797, from a print in the British Museum. | |
| Helen Maria Williams | 44 |
| From an engraving by J. Singleton, in the British Museum. | |
| Mrs. Thrale at the Age of Forty | 58 |
| From the original picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, about 1781. | |
| Mrs. Siddons | 70 |
| By R. J. Lane, after Sir Thos. Lawrence. | |
| Maria Siddons | 80 |
| By G. Clent, after Sir Thos. Lawrence. | |
| Sarah Martha Siddons | 89 |
| By R. J. Lane, after Sir Thos. Lawrence. | |
| Mrs. Piozzi | 95 |
| From an engraving by Dance, 1793, from the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq. | |
| Arthur Murphy | 107 |
| From a print in the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq. | |
| Cecilia Mostyn | 126 |
| From the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq. | |
| Eliza (Farren) Countess of Derby, 1797 | 141 |
| From a print in the British Museum. | |
| Cecilia Siddons | 144 |
| By R. J. Lane, after Sir Thos. Lawrence. | |
| Joseph George Holman | 150 |
| By W. Angus, after Dodd, 1784, from a print in the British Museum. | |
| Sophia Lee | 160 |
| By Ridley, after Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1809, from the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq. | |
| Mrs. Piozzi (about 1800) | 180 |
| By M. Bovi, after P. Violet, 1800, from the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq. | |
| Bach-y-graig House in 1776 | 199 |
| By Godfrey, after J. Hooper, 1776. | |
| Hannah More | 228 |
| By Scriven, after Slater, 1813, from the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq. | |
| Mrs. Piozzi (about 1808) | 250 |
| By J. Bate, after a medallion by Henning, 1808, from the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq. | |
| William Augustus Conway as Henry V | 280 |
| By Rivers, after De Wilde, 1814, from the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq. | |
| The Lower (Kingston) Rooms, Bath | 296 |
| By W. J. White, after H. O. Neill, from the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq. | |
| Programme of Mrs. Piozzi's Concert, 1820, with MS. Notes. | 299 |
| By Mrs. Pennington and Maria Brown | |
| Miss Fellowes as Herb Strewer at the Coronation of Geo. IV, 1821 | 314 |
| By M. Gauci, after Mrs. Baker, from the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq. | |
| "Frying Sprats" and "Toasting Muffins" | 342 |
| From a caricature by Gillray, 1791, in the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq. | |
| Ticket for Mrs. Piozzi's Fête | 355 |
| The Burning of the Kingston Rooms | 355 |
| From a ball ticket, 1821, in the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq. | |
| Thomas Sedgwick Whalley, D.D. | 376 |
| By J. Brown, after Sir Joshua Reynolds, from a print in the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq. | |
The Intimate Letters of Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington, 1788-1821
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About This Book
A collection of intimate letters between Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington that chronicles personal and social life over several decades, covering education, marriages, travel, family reconciliations and disputes, estate building and restoration, literary and theatrical friendships, responses to political events and public controversies, and later years including legal struggles, published writings, and social gatherings. The correspondence combines vivid social observation, domestic detail, and literary commentary, revealing shifting relationships, practical management of households and estates, and the authors' reactions to cultural and political upheavals, all presented in an epistolary narrative that traces evolving personal fortunes and networks.