Record Number: 3666
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
From the editor's short biography of Ellen Heaton: "She had read and was a 'great admirer' of the early volumes of Modern Painters.'
Century:1800-1849, 1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:Probably Britain, but reader travelled extensively
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:18 Nov 1816
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Woman of private means, art collector
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Probably Britain, but reader travelled extensively
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Modern Painters I and II
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsModern Painters I (first published 1834) and II (first published 1846)
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3666
Source:John Ruskin
Editor:Virginia Surtees
Title:Sublime and Instructive. Letters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Elle Heaton.
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1972
Vol:n/a
Page:146
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
John Ruskin, Virginia Surtees (ed.), Sublime and Instructive. Letters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Elle Heaton. (London, 1972), p. 146, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3666, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
The editor had access to unpublished diaries and letters of Dr John Heaton, the reader's brother, and quotes from his diary in the previous paragraph. It is implied that this is the source.
