Autograph letter (fragment) from Hester Lynch Piozzi to James Fellowes, 1818 June 18 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Mrs. Piozzi comments on Eliza O'Neill and Mrs. Siddons: "Mrs. Siddons always said that she should outlive her own Fame, but I swear I think Miss O'Neill no more injures it, than a beautiful Pearl injures a brilliant Diamond." Also mentions Farinelli and Edmund Kean

Manuscript, English, 1818

Genre:Manuscripts

Physical Description:2 leaves ; 23 x 19 cm.

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:456559001

Notes:

Bifolium

Recipient identified by scholars as James Fellowes based on Piozzi's note in her "Pocket book:" "Wrote to Sir James Fellowes, and left the letter with Captain Fellowes to carry him."