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Baroness Orczy Baroness Orczy
Baroness Orczy The Hungarian-British novelist known as the Baroness Orczy (1865-1947) wrote The Scarlet Pimpernel, a fast-paced and well-plotted tale of heroism during the French Revolution. Orczy's story was originally a successful stage play in London, and went on to several feature film... Read more
The Yankey in England The Yankey in England
Yankey in England, The (1814), a comedy by David Humphreys. This work was produced by amateurs in 1814 but seems not to have been performed professionally. It deals with an American Whig and a Tory who become an admiral and a general after the Revolution, and who find themselves in London, where... Read more
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Sir James Mackintosh Sir James Mackintosh
Sir James Mackintosh 1765-1832, British writer and public servant, b. Scotland. He was trained as a physician, but after settling (1788) in London he became a writer and lawyer. His Vindiciae Gallicae (1791), a spirited reply to Edmund Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution, was the... Read more
revolutions of 1848 revolutions of 1848
revolutions of 1848 in European history. The February Revolution in France gave impetus to a series of revolutionary explosions in Western and Central Europe. However the new French Republic did not support these movements. The stage was set when the unrest caused by the economic effects of... Read more
Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg
Loutherbourg, Philippe Jacques de (1740–1812). French painter, stage designer, and illustrator, active mainly in England. He was born in Strasbourg, the son of an engraver and miniaturist. In 1755 he moved to Paris, where he trained under Carle van Loo and Giovanni Battista Casanova... Read more
Pierre Fresnay Pierre Fresnay
FRESNAY, Pierre Nationality:French. Born:Pierre-Jules Laudenbach in Paris, 4 April 1897. Education:Lycée Montaigne and Lycée Henri-IV, Paris; studied with George Berr at Conservatoire National d'Art Dramatique, Paris. Military Service:1916–19—service... Read more
The Rights of Man The Rights of Man
Rights of Man, The, political tract by Thomas Paine, published at London (2 parts, 1791–92). A defense of the French Revolution against the attacks of Burke, it resulted in a British law against seditious publications and in Paine's flight to France to escape prosecution.The argument is based... Read more
Walter Richard Sickert Walter Richard Sickert
Walter Richard Sickert 1860-1942, English painter. After a brief career on the stage Sickert was apprenticed to Whistler and later worked with Degas. His preferred subjects were scenes of music halls and the London demimonde. Painting in deep, rich browns with vital, immediate brushwork, Sickert... Read more
Pauline Viardot-Garcia Pauline Viardot-Garcia
Pauline Viardot-Garcia , 1821-1910, French mezzo-soprano; sister of Maria Malibran; pupil of her father, Manuel García . Following her concert debut in Brussels in 1837 and her opera debut in London in 1839, she became celebrated for her wide range, fine technique, and histrionic ability.... Read more

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