Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2 vols.
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Lady Charlotte Finch
Standard Name: Finch, Lady Charlotte
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Dedications | Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson | SSW
published in two volumes her first full-length book, The Thatched Cottage; or, Sorrows of Eugenia. A Novel, dedicated to Frances Fielding
(daughter of Lady Charlotte Finch
), with a list of about 150 subscribers. Potter, Franz. “Writing for the Spectre of Poverty”. Cardiff Corvey: Reading the Romantic Text, No. 11, 11 Dec. 2003. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Barbarina Brand Baroness Dacre | The senior Wilmots' circle of friends included people still remembered, like Hannah More
, David Garrick
, Sir Joshua Reynolds
, and Lady Charlotte Finch
. Grey, Barbarina Charlotte, Lady. A Family Chronicle. Editor Lyster, Gertrude, John Murray, 1908. 3-6 |
| Friends, Associates | Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson | As a patron Lady Charlotte Finch
was helpful, providing both money and introductions to others of her rank. She was instrumental in Wilkinson's acquisition of the circulating library that supported her for some years. Archives of the Royal Literary Fund, 1790-1918. |
| Occupation | Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson | Years later she told the Royal Literary Fund
that as a young lady she used to read aloud to Lady Charlotte Finch
(1725-96), who in old age was blind. Archives of the Royal Literary Fund, 1790-1918. |
| Publishing | Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson | One catalogue lists this work as published in 1805. Years later SSW
wrote that she had once entertained literary ambitions. It was the patronage of Lady Charlotte Finch
that enabled her, when already a seasoned... |
| Publishing | Helen Maria Williams | The Poems were in two volumes, with HMW
's name in full, published by Rivington and Marshall
, with an engraved frontispiece drawn by Maria Cosway
. Subscribers included the Prince of Wales
(whose name... |
| Textual Production | Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson | A Mrs. Wilkinson, who was probably SSW
, published New Tales, in three volumes, with Matthew Iley
, dedicated to the Earl of Pomfret
. The attribution is the more likely because this... |
Timeline
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Building item
About 1766
Printer and engraver John Spilsbury
perfected the dissected map which became the forerunner of the jigsaw puzzle.
Drabble, Margaret. “A Day Out in Kew”. Jane Austen Sings the Blues, edited by Nora Foster Stovel, University of Alberta Press, 2009, pp. 57-65.
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Texts
Finch, Lady Charlotte. “Journal”. Finch Manuscripts DG7/D5. 21-2.