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Printed materials. Object genre.

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Genre of written works published or otherwise available in printed form, usually on paper.

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Printed page of 'Scandalum Magnatum’ regarding Lady Caroline Lamb and Lord Byron., 1813.

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Identifier: MS.43405
Scope and Contents The single folio here is the first page of an article entitled ‘Scandalum Magnatum’ that was printed in the ‘Satirist’ in 1813.The article recounts a scene involving Lady Caroline Lamb and Lord Byron at a party of Lady Heathcote held on 5 July 1813. It claimed that Lamb grew jealous of Byron showing attention to other women and cut herself with a dessert knife. Lamb later claimed that she had not intended to hurt herself but was injured when other guests tried to...
Dates: 1813.