Countess Granville in Trentham Hall, Staffordshire - early October, 1811

from Letter from Lady Granville to her sister, Lady G. Morpeth, 6 October 1811, page 21:

My headache, which I made so much of yesterday, is nearly gone; it is even callous to the noise. We do everything with extreme onction. We play upon the pianoforte, harp, guitar, triangle, and castagnettes with all our might, all singing at once. We all talk at once, and play at cards at once. On Tuesday we all remove to Sandon, and I cannot tell you how much I long for the repose of Tixal.

cite as

Henrietta Elizabeth [Harriet] Leveson Gower, Letter from Lady Granville to her sister, Lady G. Morpeth, 6 October 1811. In F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet Countess Granville, 1810–1845, volume 1 (London, 1894), p. 21. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1537260953636 accessed: 1 December, 2024

location of experience: Trentham Hall, Staffordshire

Listeners

Countess Granville
1785-1862

Listening to

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Unspecified singing and playing performed by Harriet Leveson Gower and other house guests

Experience Information

Date/Time early October, 1811
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Notes

Harriet Leveson Gower's sister, Georgiana Dorothy Howard, was titled Lady Morpeth until September 1825, after which she was titled Lady Carlisle.


Originally submitted by lcc5 on Tue, 18 Sep 2018 09:55:55 +0100
Approved on Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:42:32 +0100