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Record Number: 25703


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'We proceeded to Chatsworth on the 13th of August [1870] -- that is to say, to the "Edensor Inn," hard by [...] Lady Eastlake joining us on the same day, from London, we all profited by the good offices of Sir James Lacaita to pass our mornings, at our ease, within the walls of that palatial residence. We three ladies naturally betook ourselves to the art department [...] The Historian [George Grote, author's husband], meanwhile, would plant himself comfortably in the vast library, poring upon some rare, and even to [italics]him[end italics], unknown treatises of medieval authors, in Latin, which Lacaita would select as the very "morceaux" for his learned friend's delectation.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 13 Aug 1870 and 31 Dec 1870

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

specific address: Chatsworth House
location in dwelling: Library

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

George Grote

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

17 Nov 1794

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

'treatises of medieval authors'

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Unknown

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

25703

Source:

Print

Author:

Harriet Grote

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Personal Life of George Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to an from Various Friends.

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1873

Vol:

n/a

Page:

318

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Grote, The Personal Life of George Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to an from Various Friends. (London, 1873), p. 318, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=25703, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Sir James Lacaita apparently employed on annual basis at Chatsworth as the Duke of Devonshire's librarian.

   
   
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