Record Number: 20009
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[LP wrote a poem 'To his Excellency the Earl of Chesterfield'] 'just as I had finished this poem, [italics] Worsdale came in, and snatched it from me, saying, he would send it himself to his old Friend [italics] Philip [end italics]. I could not get it from him, but as I remembered every syllable of it, I wrote it in a better Hand than that rough Draft I had given Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics], and having the Honour of his Correction, who is a fair and candid Critic, sent it again to him.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Until: 31 Dec 1748
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: at Laetitia Pilkington's house
(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:Male
Date of Birth:1692
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:writer and libertine, born a pigment grinder's son
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:To his Excellency the Earl of Chesterfield
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancestolen
stolen from LP and passed off as his own
Source Information:
Record ID:20009
Source:Laetitia Pilkington
Editor:A.C. Elias
Title:Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington
Place of Publication:Athens GA
Date of Publication:1997
Vol:I
Page:247
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 247, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20009, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
