Ann Law et al. in Hanover Square Rooms, London - 18 May, 1810

from Diary of Mary Berry, 18 May 1810, page 418:

Went to Barthelman’s concert with Lady Ellenborough. The party, Lord and Lady Ellenborough, Lord and Lady Dunmore, Lord Sidmouth, sat together very comfortably. The Handel part of the concert fine. The Hanover Square Rooms quite full of persons, not one of whose faces I had ever seen before. At the end of the first act I went away, and walked down the whole length of the room with Mr. Rogers, through rows of people, all well or expensively dressed, who had paid half a guinea for their tickets, such a place is London!

cite as

Mary Berry, Diary of Mary Berry, 18 May 1810. In Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852, volume 2 (London, 1865), p. 418. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1542040878939 accessed: 4 October, 2024

location of experience: Hanover Square Rooms, London

Listeners

Ann Law
1769-1843
Edward Law
Judge
1750-1818
Fifth Earl of Dunmore
Member of Parliament, Scottish peer
1762-1836
First Viscount Sidmouth
Member of Parliament, prime minister, statesman
1757-1844
Mary Berry
Author, literary hostess, Playwright
1763-1852
Lady Dunmore
1774-1846

Listening to

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unspecified music
written by George Frideric Handel

Experience Information

Date/Time 18 May, 1810
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by lcc5 on Mon, 12 Nov 2018 16:41:19 +0000
Approved on Sat, 01 Dec 2018 13:41:54 +0000