"may have married secretly. Vanessa died soon afterwards. Millais also painted a companion piece depicting Stella. The painting is part of the 18th century revival in British art at this time, when a renewed interest in the brushwork of Reynolds and Gainsborough was emerging. Vanessa (Millais painting) Vanessa (1868) is a painting by John Everett Millais in Sudley House, Liverpool. It is a fancy portrait depicting Jonathan Swift's close friend and correspondent Esther Vanhomrigh (1688-1723), who was known by that nickname, which Swift himself invented for her. ""Vanessa"" represents a major departure in Millais's art because he abandons fully for"
"top 100 most commonly used names for baby girls in England and Wales in 1934. The oldest written record of the name Jessica is in Shakespeare's play ""The Merchant of Venice"", where it belongs to the daughter of Shylock. Jessica is the seventh most popular name for baby girls in England and Wales in 2015. First appearing in 13th century England, Olivia was popularised by Shakespeare's character in the ""Twelfth Night"" (1602). Vanessa was created by Jonathan Swift in his poem ""Cadenus and Vanessa"" (1713). While it first appeared in late 16th century England, Pamela was popularised after Samuel Richardson"
"her first name. With this poem, Swift created the popular woman's name ""Vanessa"". Cadenus and Vanessa Cadenus and Vanessa is a poem by Jonathan Swift about one of his lovers, Esther Vanhomrigh (Vanessa), written in 1712 and published as a book in 1726, three years after the death of Vanhomrigh. It contains in its title an anagram and a neologism: ""Cadenus"" is an anagram of the Latin ""decanus"", meaning ‘dean’: Swift was dean of St Patrick's, and known as Dean Swift in the manner of the time. The neologism is ""Vanessa"", in secret reference to Esther Vanhomrigh. The name starts"
"Esther Vanhomrigh Esther Vanhomrigh (known by the pseudonym Vanessa; c. 1688 – 2 June 1723), an Irish woman of Dutch descent, was a longtime lover and correspondent of Jonathan Swift. Swift's letters to her were published after her death. Her fictional name ""Vanessa"" was created by Swift by taking ""Van"" from her surname, Vanhomrigh, and adding ""Esse"", the pet form of her first name, Esther. She was fictionalized as ""Vanessa"" in Swift's poem ""Cadenus and Vanessa"" (1713). In the poem, he wrote: Vanessa’s bower is the riverside venue near Celbridge Abbey where they are said to have spent time together."
"""Vanessa"" was adopted as the name of a genus of butterfly by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1807. Vanessa was the 71st most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007. It has been among the top 200 names for girls in the United States since 1953 and among the top 100 names for girls since 1977. It first appeared among the top 1,000 names for girls in the United States in 1950, when it appeared on the list ranked in 939th place. In Germany, Vanessa has been among the top 100 names for girls since 1976. The"
"Sidney for a pivotal character in his epic prose work, ""The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia""; Jessica, created by William Shakespeare in his play ""The Merchant of Venice""; Vanessa, created by Jonathan Swift; Fiona, a character from James Macpherson's spurious cycle of Ossian poems; Wendy, an obscure name popularised by J. M. Barrie in his play ""Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up""; and Madison, a character from the movie ""Splash"". Lara and Larissa were rare in America before the appearance of ""Doctor Zhivago,"" and have become fairly common since. Songs can influence the naming of children. Jude jumped"
"Cadenus and Vanessa Cadenus and Vanessa is a poem by Jonathan Swift about one of his lovers, Esther Vanhomrigh (Vanessa), written in 1712 and published as a book in 1726, three years after the death of Vanhomrigh. It contains in its title an anagram and a neologism: ""Cadenus"" is an anagram of the Latin ""decanus"", meaning ‘dean’: Swift was dean of St Patrick's, and known as Dean Swift in the manner of the time. The neologism is ""Vanessa"", in secret reference to Esther Vanhomrigh. The name starts with the first three letters of her surname and the first two of"
"Vanessa Walters Vanessa Walters, (born 1978, in London, United Kingdom) is an English novelist and playwright. She is also a commentator and critic. She is best known as the teenage novelist discovered to be writing a novel as a hobby to share with her school friends. Educated at Queen's College, London, when discovered by teachers, the journal was passed over to an agent who quickly had her signed to a publishing company with a five-figure book deal even before she'd left. The book, ""Rude Girls"", made her a success, but instead of diving head long into the literary world she"
"Vanessa (Millais painting) Vanessa (1868) is a painting by John Everett Millais in Sudley House, Liverpool. It is a fancy portrait depicting Jonathan Swift's close friend and correspondent Esther Vanhomrigh (1688-1723), who was known by that nickname, which Swift himself invented for her. ""Vanessa"" represents a major departure in Millais's art because he abandons fully for the first time the detailed finish that was still to be seen in ""Waking"" and ""Sleeping"", exhibited in the previous year. Influenced by the work of Diego Velázquez and Joshua Reynolds, Millais paints with dramatic, visible brush strokes in vivid colours, creating what has"
"poem ""Cadenus and Vanessa,"" which is the source of the woman's name Vanessa. In the poem Vanessa is called a ""nymph"" eleven times, and the genus is closely related to the previously-named genus Nymphalis. Though the name has been suggested to be a variant of ""Phanessa"", from the name of an Ancient Greek deity, this is unlikely. The name of the deity is actually not ""Phanessa"" but Phanes. Johan Christian Fabricius, the entomologist who named this genus, normally used the original forms of the names of classical divinities when he created new scientific names. North American species in the genus"
"""Vanessa"" (derived by adding ""Essa"", a pet form of Esther, to the ""Van"" of her surname, Vanhomrigh), and she features as one of the main characters in his poem ""Cadenus and Vanessa"". The poem and their correspondence suggest that Esther was infatuated with Swift, and that he may have reciprocated her affections, only to regret this and then try to break off the relationship. Esther followed Swift to Ireland in 1714, and settled at her old family home, Celbridge Abbey. Their uneasy relationship continued for some years; then there appears to have been a confrontation, possibly involving Esther Johnson. Esther"
"Vanna Vanna ( ) is a given name that first appeared in recorded European history circa 1294. The Italian medieval feminine name originated in Tuscany, and is particular to Florence, Italy. Though similar in pronunciation to the Italian name Giovanna, and conjectured to be derived from it, Vanna is neither a nickname nor a derivation. The name Vanna first appears in print in ""La Vita Nuova"", a thirteenth-century book of verse written by Dante Alighieri, an Italian Florentine poet. In one verse, Dante writes that (anthropomorphized) Love itself proclaims that Vanna is ""Primavera"" (""Springtime"") and declares that Beatrice's name is"
"River Liffey since the removal of John Le Decer’s 1308 bridge three miles downriver at Salmon Leap. Celbridge Abbey Celbridge Abbey is located in Celbridge, County Kildare in Ireland. The house was built in 1697 by Bartholomew Van Homrigh, who at the time was the Lord Mayor of Dublin. It is, however, more famous as the childhood (1688–1707) and later adult (1714–23) home of his daughter, Esther Vanhomrigh, (1688–1723), who was Dean Swift's 'Vanessa'. Swift was known to travel frequently to Celbridge Abbey to see her. The poem in which Swift fictionalised her as ""Vanessa"" ""Cadenus and Vanessa"" (1713) was"
"Celbridge Abbey Celbridge Abbey is located in Celbridge, County Kildare in Ireland. The house was built in 1697 by Bartholomew Van Homrigh, who at the time was the Lord Mayor of Dublin. It is, however, more famous as the childhood (1688–1707) and later adult (1714–23) home of his daughter, Esther Vanhomrigh, (1688–1723), who was Dean Swift's 'Vanessa'. Swift was known to travel frequently to Celbridge Abbey to see her. The poem in which Swift fictionalised her as ""Vanessa"" ""Cadenus and Vanessa"" (1713) was written seven years before he visited her in Celbridge in 1720. A rock bower associated with the"
"and ""Rosanna"" into Irish in the 1830s. Maria Edgeworth Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 – 22 May 1849) was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She held advanced views, for a woman of her time, on estate management, politics and education, and corresponded with some of the leading literary and economic writers, including Sir Walter Scott and David Ricardo. Maria Edgeworth was born at Black Bourton, Oxfordshire. She was the second child of"
"in 1739 after a particularly severe winter. Designed by Richard Castle, it is 42 metres high and is composed of several arches, adorned by stone pineapples and eagles. The main avenue from the town is no longer accessible by vehicular traffic, which must enter the grounds from the roundabout off the M4. Celbridge Abbey (.) was the childhood (1688–1707) and later adult (1714–23) home of Bartholomew Van Homrigh's daughter Esther (1688–1723), the ill-starred lover of Dean Swift. The poem in which Swift fictionalised her as ""Vanessa"" ""Cadenus and Vanessa"" (1713) was written seven years before he visited her in Celbridge"
"Jane Williams (Ysgafell) Jane Williams (1 February 1806 – 15 March 1885) was a Welsh writer, often known by her bardic name of Ysgafell. She is sometimes confused with her contemporary, Maria Jane Williams. She was born in Chelsea, the daughter of a naval official. She spent her youth in the family seat of Neuadd Felen, near Talgarth, where she developed an interest in Welsh history, literature and folklore, and associated with Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover. A volume of her poems was published privately in 1824, and she later published books on education in Wales, on Welsh folklore, and on"
"popular names for girls since 1990 and among the top 500 since 1999. The name ""Fiona"" has been particularly popular for girls of Asian or Pacific Islander descent in New York City, where Fiona ranked as the ninth most popular name for girls from those groups in 2007. Fiona Fiona is a feminine given name. It was invented and first used by the Scottish poet James Macpherson (1736–96), author of the ""Ossian"" poems which he claimed were translations from ancient Gaelic sources (sources which, when challenged, he never produced). The name was subsequently used as a pseudonym by William Sharp"
"first child born to English parents in North America. Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter that prompted the famous ""Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"" editorial in the September 21, 1897 edition of the ""New York Sun"". The most famous Virginia is probably the English modernist author Virginia Woolf. Virginia (given name) Virginia is a feminine given name derived from the Ancient Roman family name ""Virginius"", a name probably derived from the Latin word virgo, meaning """"maiden"""" or """"virgin""."" According to legend, Virginia was a Roman girl who was killed by her father in order to save her from seduction"
"The Birth of Venus (novel) The Birth of Venus: A Novel is a 2003 novel by Sarah Dunant, a bestselling British author. The story is set in the late 15th century in Florence, Italy. It was first published in London by Little, Brown in 2003 with the title The Birth of Venus: love and death in Florence. A young Florentine girl, Alessandra Cecchi, is drawn to a young painter commissioned to paint the family's chapel walls. The painter is brought to her home by her father, a rich textile merchant whose business would be negatively affected by the rise of"
"came into vogue in the British Isles in the mid-19th century likely as a variant of the similar Stella which had recently become fashionable: Estelle was also in effect promoted via utilization by a number of novelists who wrote in English, most notably by Charles Dickens in variant form for the character Estella Havisham in his novel ""Great Expectations"" published in August 1861 after being serialized weekly from December 1860 with Estella being introduced in Chapter 8 on 19 January 1861. The general scholarly consensus is that in choosing Estella as the name of the remote love object of his"
"in the novel ""The Ladies"" by Doris Grumbach (1984). Anna Seward Anna Seward (12 December 174225 March 1809) was a long-eighteenth-century English Romantic poet, often called the Swan of Lichfield. Seward was the eldest of two surviving daughters of Thomas Seward (1708–1790), prebendary of Lichfield and Salisbury, and author, and his wife Elizabeth. Elizabeth Seward later had three further children (John, Jane and Elizabeth) who all died in infancy, and two stillbirths. Anna Seward mourned their loss in her poem ""Eyam"" (1788). Born in 1742 at Eyam, a small mining village in the Peak District of Derbyshire where her father"
"Her romance, it seems, is necessary, because she is the only one who can save him. The Birth of Venus (novel) The Birth of Venus: A Novel is a 2003 novel by Sarah Dunant, a bestselling British author. The story is set in the late 15th century in Florence, Italy. It was first published in London by Little, Brown in 2003 with the title The Birth of Venus: love and death in Florence. A young Florentine girl, Alessandra Cecchi, is drawn to a young painter commissioned to paint the family's chapel walls. The painter is brought to her home by"
"years later. He and Swift, after a long estrangement, became friends once more after Stella's death. Stella's friendship with Swift became fraught after 1707 when he met Esther Vanhomrigh, daughter of the Dutch-born Lord Mayor of Dublin. Swift became deeply attached to her and invented for her the name ""Vanessa"". She in turn became infatuated with him and after his return to Ireland followed him there. The uneasy relationship between the three of them continued until 1723 when Vanessa (who was by now seriously ill from tuberculosis) apparently asked Swift not to see Stella again. This led to a violent"
"the United States in 2017. Since 2014, Olivia has been the most popular given name to baby girls in the UK for four consecutive years running. Olivia (name) Olivia is a feminine given name in the English language. It is derived from Latin ""oliva"" ""olive"". The name was first popularised by William Shakespeare's character in the ""Twelfth Night"", but in fact the name occurs in England as early as the thirteenth century. Olivia has been a popular name throughout the English-speaking world since the mid-1990s, and has been one of the most popular given names for baby girls in the"
"Laura Valentine Laura Belinda Charlotte Jewry (married name Laura Valentine, pen names Mrs. S. Valentine and Aunt Louisa; 1814–1899), was an Victorian English writer primarily known for her children literature. Her work was often produced in children series including Aunt Louisa's Toy Books, Aunt Louisa’s Big Picture Series, and The Young Folk's Shakespeare Series. Laura Belinda Charlotte Jewry was born at the Victory in England. Her father, Admiral Jewry, served in the English navy. At an early age, she connected with the Lord Elphinstone family. She spent her maiden life in India till she married Reverend Richard Valentine, a clergyman"
"states that later editors did not accept Grosart's view of the identity of ""H. A."". Henry Austin (poet) Henry Austin (17th century) was an English poet postulated by Alexander Balloch Grosart as author of ""The Scourge of Venus, or the Wanton Lady. With the Rare Birth of Adonis. The Second Impression, corrected and enlarged, by H. A."" (1614). Grosart's identification in the ""Dictionary of National Biography"" depended on a remark about ""Austin"" by Thomas Heywood. The modern ""Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"" notes that this identification rested on a confusion of works by Ovid (""The Scourge of Venus"" is taken"
"Ivy Wallace Ivy Lilian Wallace (7 October 1915 – 13 March 2006) was a British author/illustrator, artist and actress, best known for writing the Pookie series and The Animal Shelf series of illustrated children's stories. Born in Grimsby, England, the daughter of a Scottish doctor, Ivy's lifelong love of nature was born in early childhood when she accompanied her father on outings into the bluebell woods and flower-filled meadows of the Lincolnshire countryside. Her father, a keen amateur botanist and entomologist, encouraged her to paint plants in a botanically accurate way. Showing a lively imagination, she started writing stories and"
"and sometimes undated, thus definite information about them often proves elusive. English erotic novels from this period include ""The Lustful Turk"" (1828); ""The Romance of Lust"" (1873); ""The Convent School, or Early Experiences of A Young Flagellant"" (1876) by Rosa Coote [pseud.]; ""The Mysteries of Verbena House, or, Miss Bellasis Birched for Thieving"" (1882) by ""Etonensis"" [pseud.], actually by George Augustus Sala and James Campbell Reddie; ""The Autobiography of a Flea"" (1887); ""Venus in India"" (1889) by 'Captain Charles Devereaux'; ""Flossie, a Venus of Fifteen: By one who knew this Charming Goddess and worshipped at her shrine"" (1897). A novel"
"throughout the British Isles although the initial appearance of ""The Pirate"" generated no evident vogue for the name Brenda, and while the Late Victorian children's author Georgina Castle Smith, first published in 1873, made the name Brenda well-known via Castle Smith using Brenda as her mononymous pseudonym (as suggested by her mother for no known reason), actual significant usage of the name in the British Isles is only in evidence from the early 20th century with the name Brenda ranking for the first time as a top 100 name for newborn girls in England and Wales in the 1920s (e.g."
"published editions are regarded as highly collectable. Pookie series Animal Shelf series Young Warrenders series Other books Ivy Wallace Ivy Lilian Wallace (7 October 1915 – 13 March 2006) was a British author/illustrator, artist and actress, best known for writing the Pookie series and The Animal Shelf series of illustrated children's stories. Born in Grimsby, England, the daughter of a Scottish doctor, Ivy's lifelong love of nature was born in early childhood when she accompanied her father on outings into the bluebell woods and flower-filled meadows of the Lincolnshire countryside. Her father, a keen amateur botanist and entomologist, encouraged her"
"in England. These letters are erotically descriptive, especially of clothing, and describes her mistress as “handsome”. The letters also include an explicit scene in which Blanche had to lay naked on her dorm bed, as an initiation into the school's “lesbian society”. Other Lesbian erotic works include ""The Nunnery Tales"" (1886), ""Astrid Cane (1891)"", and ""The Mysteries of Verbena House"". In the Victorian period, pornography on the market boomed, and was produced in abundance. Before 1864, pornography was described as “obscenity”. Only in 1864 was the word “pornography” placed in the dictionary. Pornography was not a clear cut genre, but"
"Olivia (name) Olivia is a feminine given name in the English language. It is derived from Latin ""oliva"" ""olive"". The name was first popularised by William Shakespeare's character in the ""Twelfth Night"", but in fact the name occurs in England as early as the thirteenth century. Olivia has been a popular name throughout the English-speaking world since the mid-1990s, and has been one of the most popular given names for baby girls in the UK for much of that time. In 2013, it was the third- most popular name for girls in Australia. Olivia was the second-most popular name in"