Countess Cowper in England - July, 1769

from Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany, page 227:

We have been in Lord Edgecumbe's barge this morning to a public breakfast. There was a good band of music, but the weather being hot they did not dance country dances. An elegant room seventy feet in length, breadth twenty-eight, height twenty-two.

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Augusta Hall (ed.), Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany, volume 1 (London, 1862), p. 227. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1444931294033 accessed: 14 December, 2024

location of experience: England

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dances (no country-dances) performed by band

Experience Information

Date/Time July, 1769
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors

Originally submitted by cathcoyne on Thu, 15 Oct 2015 18:48:14 +0100
Approved on Wed, 06 Jan 2016 23:19:20 +0000