Record Number: 10069
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Transcribed in Lady Caroline's hand]: ?["]The Lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today Had he thy ['thy' is underlined] reason would he skip & play Pleas?d to the last he cropp?s the flowery food And licks the hand upraised to shed his blood["] What you always repeated! 1812?
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Aug 1812 and 31 Dec 1812
Country:England or possibly Ireland
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:13 Nov 1785
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:socialite, novelist, influential member of the Whig political elite
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England or possibly Ireland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
(n?e Ponsonby)
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:An Essay on Man, Epistle I
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:10069
Source:Manuscript
Author:Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby)
Title:[commonplace book 1]
Location:John Murray Archive
Call No:Acc. 12604/4107
Page/Folio:15r
Additional Information:
The John Murray Archive is currently re-cataloging all of the Byron papers, so the reference for this manuscript will change.
Citation:
Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby), [commonplace book 1], John Murray Archive, Acc. 12604/4107, 15r, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=10069, accessed: 06 May 2024
Additional Comments:
She quotes lines 77-80 of Pope's poem. In the commonplace book, these lines are written under a watercolor of two children playing with a lamb. Transcribed by Lindsey Eckert.
