Evidence: | William Wordsworth to B. R. Haydon, 21 December 1815: 'Have you read the works of the Abbe [Johann Joachim] Winkelman on the study of the Antique, in Painting and Sculpture ... His Works are unknown to me, except a short treatise entitled Reflections concerning the imitation of the Grecian Artists in Painting and Sculpture, in a series of Letters. A translation of this is all I have read having met with it the other day upon a Stal[l] at Penrith ... This Book of mine was printed at Glasgow 1766.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Dec 1815 and 21 Dec 1815 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Penrith other location: bookstall |
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Reader: | William Wordsworth |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 7 Apr 1770 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Johann Joachim Winkelman |
Title: | Reflections concerning the imitation of the Grecian Artists in Painting and Sculpture, in a series of Letters' |
Genre: | Classics, Essays / Criticism, Arts / architecture |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | In translation; Glasgow, 1766 |
Provenance: | read in situ |
Record ID: | 1540 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth | |
Editor: | Ernest De Selincourt | |
Title: | The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 258 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years (Oxford, 1970), 2, p. 258, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1540, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Unclear whether Wordsworth bought book as well as looking at it. |
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