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Record 10804

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I drew out of Pennant a View of the Ruins of Clerkenwell Church'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: 1 Jul 1797
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Sheffield
location in dwelling: 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:Joseph Hunter
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 6 Feb 1783
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Son of a Sheffield Manufacturer.
Religion: Presbyterian
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Thomas Pennant
Title: Account of London
Genre: Geography / Travel
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: borrowed (other)

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 10804  
  Source - Manuscript
  Author: Joseph Hunter
  Title: Journal
  Location: British Library
  Call no: Add 24, 879
  Page/folio: 11

Citation: Joseph Hunter, Journal British Library, p. Add 24, 879, p. 11, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10804, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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