The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart
Chapter 22: 1850-53
John Gibson Lockhart to Charlotte Lockhart Hope, 24 February 1853
“Sussex Place, February 24, 1853.
“Dear Cha,—I have
got Mrs. Hughes’s picture, and am
not sorry to have it by me, though ![]()
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it breaks my heart to recall the date. It is
of the sweet, innocent, happy boy, home for Sunday from Cowie’s; and
really, for a lady, the likeness is fairly done. O God! how soon that day
became clouded, and how dark its early close. Well, I suppose there is another
world; if not, sure this is a blunder. . . .
Mary Anne Hughes [née Watts] (1770-1853)
Literary hostess, the wife of Thomas Hughes of Uffington (1756-1833); she contributed to
the
Literary Gazette and corresponded with Sir Walter Scott and
Caroline Bowles Southey. She was the grandmother of the author of
Tom
Brown's Schooldays.
John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854)
Editor of the
Quarterly Review (1825-1853); son-in-law of Walter
Scott and author of the
Life of Scott 5 vols (1838).
