Evidence: | "Ford Castle, June 1st (1866). Dear Mr Ruskin. I am reading with delight your Crown of Wild Olives trying to fit the sermon on to myself and be the better for it... Yours sincerely, L. Waterford." |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | Probably Britain | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 1818 |
Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
Occupation: | Great Lady, painted and drew - charitable work with emphasis on education of poor children |
Religion: | Christian |
Country of origin: | England (born in Paris, British Embassy) |
Country of experience: | Probably Britain |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | John Ruskin |
Title: | Crown of Wild Olives |
Genre: | Social Science |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1866 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 3568 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | John Ruskin | |
Editor: | Virginia Surtees | |
Title: | Sublime and Instructive. Letters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Ellen Heaton. | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1972 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 69-70 | |
Additional comments: | Editor's footnote to letter W 54. Source: Trevelyan Papers, University of Newcastle Library. |
Citation: | John Ruskin, Virginia Surtees (ed.), Sublime and Instructive. Letters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Ellen Heaton. (London, 1972), p. 69-70, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3568, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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