Evidence: | 'My father's first meeting with the Princess of Wales took place at Mrs Greville's in Chester Square. The Princess asked him to read the "Welcome to Alexandra." When he had read it, the fact of his reading his own complimentary poem to the Princess herself suddenly struck both of them as being so ludicrous, that he dropt the book on the floor and both went into fits of uncontrollable laughter.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1879 and 31 Dec 1879 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | specific address: Chester Square | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Alfred Tennyson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
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) |
Princess of Wales |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Alfred Tennyson |
Title: | Welcome to Alexandra |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 22817 | |
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: | 2 | |
Page: | 227 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (London, 1897), 2, p. 227, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22817, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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