Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Anna Brownell Jameson, 4 February 1847:
'By the grace of M. Ferucci, we have Vasari from the library, & are ploughing through it [...]
Really I do venture to think it a dull book. Perhaps when we reach his contemporaries, we
may find more flesh & blood.'
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1847 and 4 Feb 1847 | ||||||||||
Country: | Italy | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Pisa | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reading Group: | Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Unknown |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writers |
Religion: | various |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | Italy |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Giorgio Vasari |
Title: | Delle vite de piu eccelenti pittori, scultori, ed archittetori |
Genre: | Arts / architecture |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
Record ID: | 17632 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis | |
Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
Vol: | 14 | |
Page: | 114 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Philip Kelley and Scott Lewis (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1998), 14, p. 114, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17632, accessed: 02 May 2024 |
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