| Evidence: | William Charles Macready, Jr. to Robert Browning, May 1842:
'My dear Mr Browning
'I was very much obliged to you, for your kind letter. I liked exceedingly the Cardinal and the dog. I have tried to illustrate the poem, and I hope that you will like my attempt.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1842 and 31 May 1842 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | William Charles Macready |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1832 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | child |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Robert Browning |
| Title: | 'The Cardinal and the Dog' |
| Genre: | Poetry, Children's Lit |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 16996 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
| Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
| Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
| Date of Publication: | 1987 | |
| Vol: | 5 | |
| Page: | 329 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1987), 5, p. 329, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16996, accessed: 10 December 2023 | |
| See p.330 n.3 in source for further background detail regarding Browning's composition of 'The Cardinal and the Dog' for William Charles Macready Jr (poem not published until 1889, when it appeared, with various changes, in Asolando). |
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