Evidence: | 'I read your “Giotto”; it’s almighty well written, I don’t know how the devil you can write like that.'
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: May 1877 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Edinburgh county: Lothian |
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Reader: | Robert Louis Stevenson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 13 Nov 1850 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | Uncommitted |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Sidney Colvin |
Title: | "Giotto's Gospel of Labour" |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Arts / architecture |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | Macmillan's Magazine, May 1877 issue |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 26846 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Robert Louis Stevenson | |
Editor: | Bradford A. Booth | |
Title: | The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July 1879 | |
Place of Publication: | New Haven and London | |
Date of Publication: | 1994 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 209 | |
Additional comments: | Letter 471, To Sidney Colvin, [Mid-May 1877], 17 Heriot Row. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The foregoing material in square brackets has been added by the editors. |
Citation: | Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July 1879 (New Haven and London, 1994), 2, p. 209, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26846, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
According to Note 2 to Letter 471, Colvin's article “Giotto’s Gospel of Labour” appeared in Macmillan’s Magazine for May 1877. |
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