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Record 2223

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Byron to Augusta Leigh, 17 September 1816 ("Alpine Journal"), on General Ludlow's monument at Vevey: 'black marble -- long inscription -- Latin -- but simple -- particularly the latter part -- in which his wife (Margaret de Thomas) records her long -- her tried -- and unshaken affection ...'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 16 Sep 1816 and 17 Sep 1816
Country: Switzerland
Time: n/a
Place: city: Vevey
specific address: St Martin's Church
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:George Gordon Lord Byron
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 22 Jan 1788
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: Writer
Religion: Agnostic
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: Switzerland
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Margaret de Thomas
Title: epitaph to Edmund Ludlow
Genre: epitaph
Form of Text: Manuscript: tombstone epitaph
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: read in situ

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 2223  
Source - Print  
  Author: George Gordon Lord Byron
  Editor: Leslie A. Marchand
  Title: Byron's Letters and Journals
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1976
  Vol: 5
  Page: 97
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1976), 5, p. 97, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2223, accessed: 28 March 2024

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