| Evidence: | Letter of Elizabeth Barrett to Robert Browning, May 7 1846
?Miss Heaton ? told me yesterday that the poetess proper of the city of Leeds was ?Mrs A.? ? as she lives in Leeds and write verses we call her our poetess! ? her ?Spirit of the Woods,? and of the ?Flowers? has been much admired I assure you.?
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Leeds | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Ellen Heaton |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 18 Nov 1816 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Woman with private means, art collector |
| Religion: | Christian |
| 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: | Rebecca Hey |
| Title: | The Moral of Flowers (1833) and The Spirit of the Woods (1837) |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 3875 | |
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| Author: | John Ruskin | |
| Editor: | Virginia Surtees | |
| Title: | Sublime and InstructiveLetters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Ellen Heaton | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1972 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 258-9 (appendix B) | |
| Additional comments: | The letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett, 1845-6, 1899, ii, pp.133-4. The letter goes on to explain that the poetess?s name was ?Mrs Hey?. From the editor?s footnote: ?Mrs Rebecca Hey had written three books, published in Leeds, The Moral of Flowers (1833), The Spirit of the Woods (1837), Recollections of the Lakes and other Poems, (1841) |
| Citation: | John Ruskin, Virginia Surtees (ed.), Sublime and InstructiveLetters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Ellen Heaton (London, 1972), p. 258-9 (appendix B), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3875, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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