Evidence: | 'It is most wonderfully resembling [italics] The Song of Solomon [italics], which was also addressed to a royal bride.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 1 Apr 1717 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 26 May 1689 |
Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
Occupation: | Daughter of the fifth Earl of Kingston upon Hull. Wife of the British ambassador to Constantinople. |
Religion: | Christian |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | unknown |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | nee Lady Mary Pierrepoint. Known by this name until her 1712 marriage to Edward Wortley Montagu. |
Author: | |
Title: | Song of Songs (Old Testament) |
Genre: | Bible |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 12544 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu | |
Editor: | R. Brimley Johnson | |
Title: | Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762 | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1906 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 120 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Wortley Montagu to Alexander Pope. Taken from the Kessinger Publishing Reprint of 1906 edition published by J.M.Dent. |
Citation: | Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu, R. Brimley Johnson (ed.), Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762 (London, 1906), p. 120, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12544, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Letter written whilst Wortley Montagu was in Adrianople. |
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