| Evidence: | Hugh Stuart Boyd to Elizabeth Barrett, in hand of amanuensis, letter postmarked 27
January 1843:
'Since I last wrote to you, I have read some account of Ossian, and his Poems, in the Penny
Cyclopedia [...] The Rascal who wrote it, deprecates the Poems about as much as you do.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 19 Jan 1843 and 27 Jan 1843 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Listener: | Hugh Stuart Boyd |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1781 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | classicist |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | unknown |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 17101 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
| Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
| Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
| Date of Publication: | 1988 | |
| Vol: | 6 | |
| Page: | 306 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 306, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17101, accessed: 01 May 2024 | |
| Unlike Barrett, Boyd believed in authenticity of the 'Ossian' translations forged by James Macpherson; letter in hand of amanuensis because Boyd was blind. |
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