| Evidence: | 'Stayed in all yesterday in crashing rain, and was busy at something all day till 1 at night, except reading "World" on run-away racehorse and pigeonshooting at lunch. French novel at tea, "La petite Comtesse", and Sir G. Baker on Gladstone, Baxter reading to me after dinner.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 16 May 1884 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | John Ruskin |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 8 Feb 1819 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | art critic and social critic |
| Religion: | Church of England (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 |
| Author: | G. Baker |
| Title: | [Gladstone] |
| Genre: | Biography, Politics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 26229 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | John Ruskin | |
| Editor: | Joan Evans | |
| Title: | The diaries of John Ruskin | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1956 | |
| Vol: | 3 | |
| Page: | 1066 | |
| Additional comments: | pagination continuous throughout vols |
| Citation: | John Ruskin, Joan Evans (ed.), The diaries of John Ruskin (Oxford, 1956), 3, p. 1066, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26229, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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