Record Number: 20020
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'One day as I was sitting in my Shop, a Woman who though very badly drest, had a Dignity in her Air which distinguish'd her from the Vulgar, stood reading the paper I had stuck up, with Regard to writing Letters and Petitions.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1747 and 31 Dec 1748
Country:France or Germany?
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: Laetitia Pilkington's shop, possibly in St James's
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:France or Germany?
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
a lady, claiming aristocratic pedigree and great ill-use
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[notice in her shop window]
Genre:Ephemera
Form of Text:Manuscript: Sheet
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:20020
Source:Laetitia Pilkington
Editor:A.C. Elias
Title:Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington
Place of Publication:Athens GA
Date of Publication:1997
Vol:I
Page:267
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 267, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20020, accessed: 28 March 2024
Additional Comments:
The long story occasioned by this act of reading is possibly wholly untrue