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Record Number: 3556


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Letter, 25/11/1860 - 'The opening of the note enclosed from Mrs Browning refers to my having spoken of Lord John's last dispatch as giving me courage to write to her about Italy.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

05 Nov 1860

Country:

Probably Britain

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:

John Ruskin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

8 Feb 1819

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer and art critic

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Probably Britain

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Lord John Russell

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

The Times, Nov 5, 1860, p. 5. Publication of an official despatch.

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

3556

Source:

Print

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:

38-39

Additional Comments:

From letter dated 25/11/1860 to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford.

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. 38-39, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3556, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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