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Record 17019

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Elizabeth Barrett to Benjamin Robert Haydon, 29 October 1842: 'I have to thank you [...] for the sight of a very interesting letter of the Sheffield paper which I seem to be bound to return to you, as you do not say "keep it".'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Oct 1842 and 29 Oct 1842
Country: England
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:Elizabeth Barrett
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 6 Mar 1806
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: Evangelical
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: Benjamin Robert Haydon
Title: letter to the Sheffield Mercury regarding formation of a School of Design in Sheffield.
Genre: Arts / architecture, Reference / General works
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: The Sheffield Mercury, 1 October 1842
Provenance: borrowed (other)

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 17019  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
  Title: The Brownings' Correspondence
  Place of Publication: Winfield
  Date of Publication: 1988
  Vol: 6
  Page: 125
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 125, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17019, accessed: 23 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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