Record Number: 16307
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 29 January 1830: 'As you like epigrams, & are not likely to have met with one which I met with yesterday in the Times newspaper, & thought ingenious, I will write it down. The subject is Mr [Martin Archer] Shee's election to the office of President, in the room of Sir Thomas Lawrence, -- a circumstance unexpected by any person, -- Mr Shee being better known by his "Rhymes on Art" than by his practice in art. '"Pictoribus atque poetis, Quidlibet audendi" -- 'Lo! Painting crowns her sister Poesy -- The world is all astonished! So is [italics]She[end italics].'
Century:1800-1849
Date:28 Jan 1830
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:6 Mar 1806
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Evangelical
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Latin epigraph
Genre:Classics, Poetry, Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication DetailsIn The Times, 28 January 1830
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:16307
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:2
Page:234
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1984), 2, p. 234, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16307, accessed: 29 March 2023
Additional Comments:
Source eds notes that Barrett slightly misquotes translation of epigram (see p.235 n.5).
