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Record Number: 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

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/RED/record_details.php?id=17019, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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