Esther Van Homrigh [Vanessa]

(1688-1723)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Vanessa, 1690-1723 DNB: Homrigh, Esther Van [known as Vanessa] (1688-1723), correspondent and lover of Jonathan Swift LBT ID: EsVanHo1723 VIAF ID: 50038370 LOC ID: n50045760	B/BAP: 1688 DIED: 1723-06-02
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The lover of Jonathan Swift and subject of his “Cadenus and Vanessa” (1712).
REFERENCES TO Esther Van Homrigh [Vanessa]: Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1821 Found 1: ¶ 11 [Hugh Swinton Legaré], “Byron’s Letters and Journals” in The Southern Review 7 (May 1831) 1-42 Found 1: ¶ 25