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Record 5199

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Dallaway on sculpture is very slovenly from the little pains he takes to be clear. It is very difficult to know what antecedent word he refers to. His book suggests two things [...] I will endeavour to make out a statuary tour and insert it in my journal.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 8 Feb 1817
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: location in dwelling: home
   
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:Benjamin Newton
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1762
Socio-economic group: Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation: Rector and J.P.
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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: James Dallaway
Title: Of Statuary and Sculpture among the Antients
Genre: Arts / architecture
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 5199  
Source - Print  
  Author: Benjamin Newton
  Editor: C.P. Fendall
  Title: The Diaries of Benjamin Newton Rector of Wath, 1816-1819
  Place of Publication: Cambridge
  Date of Publication: 1993
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 57
  Additional comments: and ed. E.A.Crutchley

Citation: Benjamin Newton, C.P. Fendall (ed.), The Diaries of Benjamin Newton Rector of Wath, 1816-1819 (Cambridge, 1993), p. 57, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5199, accessed: 25 April 2024

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