Caroline Powys in On the River Thames between Marlow and Clifden Spring - 21 August, 1790
from Diary of Caroline Powys, 21 August 1790, pages 248–249:
Mrs. Williams’ water-party. Tom and Caroline invited to go with their brother from Culham. We went to breakfast at Mrs. Winfords, Marlow, and went in their boat to Sir George Youngs,* so saw Mr. Williams’ barge, and heard the music. They went up to Clifden Spring, danced all the way. After a most elegant dinner on board the barge, not back till between eleven and twelve at night.
*Formosa Place, Cookham
cite as
Caroline Powys, Diary of Caroline Powys, 21 August 1790. In Climenson, Emily J. (ed.), Passages from the Diaries of Mrs. Philip Lybbe Powys of Hardwick House, Oxon. A.D. 1756 to 1808 (London, 1899), p. 248–249. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1516722785774 accessed: 19 December, 2024
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hide composers| Music to accompany dancing on a barge |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 21 August, 1790 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, outdoors |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:53:05 +0000
Approved on Sun, 28 Jan 2018 14:13:14 +0000