Only Connect - Leigh Hunt <> Madame Vestris
How are these sitters connected?
 James Henry Leigh Hunt |
 Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (née Bartolozzi, later Mathews) |
The connection
Actress
and singer Eliza Vestris advanced James Henry Leigh Hunt £100 for his play, A Legend of Florence. She believed that the
fee entitled her to change the structure and plot.
Find out more about Hunt connections with co-curator Peter Sheppard Skaerved
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