Evidence: | From Hallam Tennyson's account of a voyage on the Pembroke Castle (September 1883):
'[18 September] In response to an invitation from the hospitable Sir Donald [Currie] the Royalties came to luncheon on board [...] In the small smoking room after luncheon my father, at the request of the Princess of Wales, read "The Bugle Song" and "The Grandmother." The Czarina paid him some very pretty compliment, and he, being very short-sighted, and taking her for a Maid of Honour, patted her on the shoulder and said, "Thank you, my dear."' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | 15 Sep 1883 | ||||||||||
Country: | Denmark | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | specific address: On board the Pembroke Castle (yacht) location in dwelling: Smoking room |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Alfred Tennyson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 6 Aug 1809 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | Denmark |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Included the Princess of Wales, the Czar and Czarina of Russia, Hallam Tennyson. |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Alfred Tennyson |
Title: | "The Grandmother" |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 22975 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Hallam Tennyson | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1897 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 283 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (London, 1897), 2, p. 283, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22975, accessed: 17 April 2024 |
'Royalties' refers to party currently staying at the Castle of Fredensborg, with whom Tennyson had dined on 17 September 1883, and which included the King and Queen of Denmark, the Princess of Wales, the Czar and Czarina of Russia, the King and Queen of Greece, the Princess Mary of Hanover, and the Duchess of Cumberland (see p.283 in source). Other members of Tennyson's yachting party were Hallam Tennyson; W. E. Gladstone and his wife and daughter; Sir Arthur Gordon, and Sir Donald Currie (see pp.278-284 in source). |
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