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ter, which did not add much either to his 
character or hers. Johnson’s friends were 
irritated, and Baretti was very severe in 
his animadversions on her conduct. Bos¬ 
well replied to her, and Peter Pindar, as he 
called himself, or Dr. Wolcot, in a lively 
poem, called Bozzy and Pozzi , vented his 
phillipics on them both. She had wr itten 
several pieces, and Mrs. Ann Williams, 
in a volume of Miscellanies that appeared 
in 1765, published a very beautiful tale, 
written by Mrs. Piozzi when young-. Her 
other works are— 
Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson duringthe last twenty 
years of his life. 1781. 
Letters to and from Dr. Johnson. 1786. 
Observations and Reflections made in the course 
of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germanv, 
2 vols. 1794. 
Retrospection; or, a View of the most Striking 
Events, Characters, <tc. for the last 1800 years, 2 
vols. 1801. 
British Synonymy ; or, an Attempt tojRegulate 
the Choice of Words in Familiar Conversation, 2 
vols. 8vo. 1794. 
Mrs. P. had a poetical vein, and several of 
her poems are preserved in periodical pub¬ 
lications. Her Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson 
are frequently trifling-. Her observations 
on her Tour in Italy, &c. are just what 
might be expected from so lively a lady. 
Her Synonymy does not exhibit profound 
grammatical knowledge, or much critical 
acumen, and the flippant style and super¬ 
ficial views of her Retrospection, do not 
entitle her to the elevated rank of an his¬ 
torian. At the same time she must be con¬ 
sidered as a woman of superior character 
and endowments, and possessed of much 
originality of character. 
At Chelsea, Thomas Keate , esq., who 
was bred a surgeon, and was for some 
time in the guards. He had the good for¬ 
tune to be appointed surgeon to the^Prince 
of Wales on the first establishment of his 
household, and became a great favourite. 
This introduced him to other branches of 
the royal family, and he was appointed 
surgeon to the Queen, the Duke of York, 
&e. and was on a vacancy appointed sur¬ 
geon general to the army. He has always 
ranked high in his profession, but has 
only published <£ Cases of the Hydrocele, 
with Observations on the Method of treat¬ 
ing that Disease,” Svo. 1783. He was as 
surgeon general, or rather as one of the 
medical board, brought into some disputes 
with the medical officers of the army, and 
he thought it proper to publish “ Observa¬ 
tions on the Fifth Report of the Commis¬ 
sioners of Military Inquiry,” Svo. 1808, 
and next year, u Observations on the 
Proceedings and the Report of the Medical 
Board appointed to examine the state of 
the Army Departmental thelsle of Wight.” 
Mr. Keate was married, and has left some 
daughters. 
At his house, near East Retford, sud¬ 
denly, on the 6th April, Lieutenant Ge¬ 
nera! Charles Crawford. He was the son 
of Sir Alexander Crawford, hart, and, 
with his brother, the late general Robert 
Crawford, while subalterns in the army, 
published in 1787 and 1788, a translation 
of i( Tielke s Memoirs of the seven years 
war,” and “ a Treatise on several branches 
of the Military Art.” In 1800 having 
attained the rank of colonel in the army, 
he had the good fortune to gain the hand 
of the Duchess Dowager of Newcastle 
sister of the Earl of Harrington, and by 
the interest of these families, he was ap¬ 
pointed military commissioner to the army 
of the royal confederates, under the Arch¬ 
duke Charles, who then commanded the 
Austrian army acting against the cause of 
liberty in France. Here he received a se¬ 
vere wound in the head, after writing va¬ 
rious gasgonading dispatches, and was 
obliged to resign his post to his brother 
Robert. By the Newcastle interest he was 
promoted to the command of the second 
regiment of dragoon guards, and was by 
the same interest chosen representative 
for the town of East Retford. 
In Margaret-streef, 53, Henry Edridge , 
esq. R.A.F.S.A. This excellent artist was 
born at Paddington, in 1768 ; having very 
early shewn an attachment to the fine arts, 
his mother was induced by the advice of 
her friends, to place him, at the age of 14, 
with Mr. Pether, an artist, well known as 
a mezzotinto engraver and painter of land¬ 
scape. Two years after his apprenticeship, 
he was admitted a student in the Royal 
Academy, where he soon distinguished 
himself, and in 1786 obtained a medal for 
the best drawing of an academy figure. 
Mr. Edridge’s earliest works were minia¬ 
tures on ivory; afterwards he made his 
portraits on paper, with black lead and 
Indian Ink; to these he added back grounds, 
which were beautifully diversified, and 
drawn with great taste ; after continuing 
this practice several years, he discontinued 
Indian ink, and adopted water colours, still 
finishing his drawings slightly, except the 
heads, which were always remarkable for 
their force, brilliancy and truth. It was 
of late years only that he made those ela¬ 
borately high-finished pictures on paper, 
uniting the depth and richness of oil paint- 
ings with the freedom and freshness of 
water colours, and of which there is per¬ 
haps scarcely a nobleman’s family in Eng¬ 
land without some specimen. Mr. Edridge 
had always an exquisite taste for the pic¬ 
turesque beauties of landscape, but the 
extent of his practice in drawing portraits, 
prevented the devotion of much time to 
this his favourite pursuit, until after the 
death ot his son, when having no longer a 
motive for adhering to the lucrative part 
of his profession, he indulged his inclina¬ 
tion, and the drawings which he afterwards 
made from various scenes of nature, are 
most admirable. In 1817, and agaiu in 
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