Record Number: 22975

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

From Hallam Tennyson's account of a voyage on the Pembroke Castle (September 1883): '[18 September] In response to an invitation from the hospitable Sir Donald [Currie] the Royalties came to luncheon on board [...] In the small smoking room after luncheon my father, at the request of the Princess of Wales, read "The Bugle Song" and "The Grandmother." The Czarina paid him some very pretty compliment, and he, being very short-sighted, and taking her for a Maid of Honour, patted her on the shoulder and said, "Thank you, my dear."'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

15 Sep 1883

Country:

Denmark

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: On board the Pembroke Castle (yacht)
location in dwelling: Smoking room

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Alfred Tennyson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

6 Aug 1809

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Denmark

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Included the Princess of Wales, the Czar and Czarina of Russia, Hallam Tennyson.

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Alfred Tennyson

Title:

"The Grandmother"

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22975

Source:

Print

Author:

Hallam Tennyson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1897

Vol:

2

Page:

283

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son, (London, 1897), 2, p. 283, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22975, accessed: 22 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

'Royalties' refers to party currently staying at the Castle of Fredensborg, with whom Tennyson had dined on 17 September 1883, and which included the King and Queen of Denmark, the Princess of Wales, the Czar and Czarina of Russia, the King and Queen of Greece, the Princess Mary of Hanover, and the Duchess of Cumberland (see p.283 in source). Other members of Tennyson's yachting party were Hallam Tennyson; W. E. Gladstone and his wife and daughter; Sir Arthur Gordon, and Sir Donald Currie (see pp.278-284 in source).