Mary Delany in Dublin - March, 1732

from Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany: with interesting Reminiscences of King George the Third and Queen Charlotte, page 345:

This has been a week of great mirth and jollity; on Monday Phill and I went to the ridotto with Mrs. Wesley, where we met with no disturbance; it began with a concert of music, the Duke, Duchess, and Lady Caroline were there; they went away when the music was over, and after some hideous minuets, we went to country dances. Mr. Wesley was my partner, there were twenty couple, four dances were as much as my spirits would bear.

cite as

Mary Granville, and Augusta Hall (ed.), Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany: with interesting Reminiscences of King George the Third and Queen Charlotte, volume 1 (London, 1861), p. 345. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1443536310127 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Dublin

Listeners

Mary Delany
Botanical decoupage artist letter-writer, blue-stocking, Artist, Writer
1700-1788

Listening to

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Minuets

Experience Information

Date/Time March, 1732
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by cathcoyne on Tue, 29 Sep 2015 15:18:30 +0100
Approved on Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:57:24 +0000