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Record Number: 4229


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

?Well, I do remember the pleasure Mr Opie expressed in reading a proverb in one act, taken from the French of ?Carmontel?, and published by Mr Holcroft, with other entertaining things in his ?Theatrical Recorder? ? Mr Opie came down to read it to me??

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

1 Jan 1803

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London (home)

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

John Opie

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

12 May 1761

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Father was a carpenter

Occupation:

Artist

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England (Cornwall)

Country of Experience:

England

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

wife


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Holcroft

Title:

Theatrical recorder

Genre:

Drama, Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

4229

Source:

Print

Author:

Ada Earland

Editor:

n/a

Title:

John Opie and his Circle

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1911

Vol:

n/a

Page:

196

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ada Earland, John Opie and his Circle (London, 1911), p. 196, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=4229, accessed: 01 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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