Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to James Martin, 10 December 1844:
'I am glad I have so much interesting matter to look forward to in the Eldon memoirs, as
Pincher's biography. I am only in the first volume. Are English chancellors really made of such
stuff? Pincher will help to reconcile me to the Law lords perhaps.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Dec 1844 and 10 Dec 1844 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Elizabeth Barrett |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 6 Mar 1806 |
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, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Horace Twiss |
Title: | The Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon, with Selections from His Correspondence (vol. 1) |
Genre: | History, Biography, Politics |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1844 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 17398 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis | |
Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
Date of Publication: | 1991 | |
Vol: | 9 | |
Page: | 266 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1991), 9, p. 266, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17398, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Source eds note that 'Pincher' was Eldon's favourite dog, and that 'an account of his theft and recovery appears in volume 3 [of the text read]'; this subject would have been of interest to Barrett, given her experience of having had her own beloved spaniel Flush stolen (and also recovered). Source eds also note that 'It is likely that [Barrett] was reading the copy [of Twiss's work] that her brother Alfred had won the previous month in a private raffle'; see p.267 n.5. |
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