Record Number: 12536
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I was very well pleased with having seen this entertainment [a marksmanship contest for the ladies of the Austrian court], and I do not know but it might make as good a figure as the prize-shooting in the Eneid, if I could write as well as Virgil.'
Century:Date:
Between 1 Jan 1689 and 14 Sep 1716
Country:unknown
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:1689
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Daughter of the fifth Earl of Kingston upon Hull. Wife of the British ambassador to Constantinople.
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
nee Lady Mary Pierrepoint. Known by this name until her 1712 marriage to Edward Wortley Montagu.
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Aeneid
Genre:Classics, Poetry
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsunknown
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:12536
Source:Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu
Editor:R. Brimley Johnson
Title:Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1906
Vol:n/a
Page:70-71
Additional Comments:
Letter from Wortley Montagu to her sister, the Countess of Mar. Taken from the Kessinger Publishing Reprint of 1906 edition published by J.M.Dent.
Citation:
Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu, R. Brimley Johnson (ed.), Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762, (London, 1906), p. 70-71, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12536, accessed: 08 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter written whilst Wortley Montagu was in Vienna.
