CHAPTER VII

Renewal of friendship, 1819--Weston-super-Mare--W. A. Conway--Birthday fête, 1820--Conway's love affair--Penzance--The Queen's trial--More law--Land's End--Return to Clifton and death, 1821--Mrs. Pennington's obituary notice--Her relations with the daughters and the executors--Epitaph 270

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

MRS. PIOZZI (_Photogravure_) _Frontispiece_ _By_ Meyer, _after_ Jackson, 1811, _from the Collection of_ A. M. Broadley, Esq.

TO FACE PAGE 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, 314 1821 _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 & PENELOPE PENNINGTON 1788-1821

THE INTIMATE LETTERS OF HESTER PIOZZI & PENELOPE PENNINGTON