| Evidence: | Alfred Tennyson to Lady Augusta Bruce, 12 May 1863, after being sent an 'Album' belonging to Queen Victoria, with the request that he write something in it before returning it:
'I had not time yesterday to overlook the volume which Her Majesty sent me. I did but see the inscription in the beginning by the Duchess of Kent and Goethe's "Edel sei der Mensch" in the Prince's handwriting -- a poem which has always appeared to me one of the grandest things which Goethe or any other man has written.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 11 May 1863 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Alfred Tennyson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 6 Aug 1809 |
| 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: | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
| Title: | 'Edel sei der Mensch' |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown, Written by Prince Albert into Album belonging to Queen Victoria. |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
| Record ID: | 22028 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Hallam Tennyson | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1897 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 491 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (London, 1897), 1, p. 491, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22028, accessed: 30 November 2023 | |
| tennyson's contribution to album was 'All Along the Valley'; see p.491 in source. |
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