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Record Number: 9402


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Uvedale Price to Mary Berry,18 December 1813: 'Upon reading a few days ago in the papers an account of the Queen of Naples' magnificent reception at the Ottoman court, it occurred to me that the Grand Signior might have taken a fancy for her.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Dec 1813 and 18 Dec 1813

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Uvedale Price

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1747

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

newspapers

Genre:

Politics, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

9402

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Lady Theresa Lewis

Title:

Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1865

Vol:

2

Page:

549

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 2, p. 549, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9402, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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