Countess Granville in Epinay-sur-Seine, France - June, 1817

from Letter from Lady Granville to her sister, Lady G. Morpeth, June 1817, pages 109-110:

I have been spending to-day with my children at Epinay, a campagne at about six miles from Paris, where Mr. Ellis has established himself. […] The Duc de Rohan was there. His vanity is like a farce. Somebody was complimenting him one day on his having an expressive countenance. He said, ‘Oui, mais il faudrait me voir quand je prie.’ He sang to us almost as well as he thinks he does, et c’est tout dire.

cite as

Henrietta Elizabeth [Harriet] Leveson Gower, Letter from Lady Granville to her sister, Lady G. Morpeth, June 1817. In F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet Countess Granville, 1810–1845, volume 1 (London, 1894), p. 109-110. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1537267462927 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Epinay-sur-Seine, France

Listeners

Countess Granville
1785-1862

Listening to

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Unspecified vocal music performed by Duc de Rohan

Experience Information

Date/Time June, 1817
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private

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 11:44:23 +0100
Approved on Thu, 11 Oct 2018 12:22:36 +0100