| Evidence: | 'Glanced today through the life and diary of David Scott, a Scotch painter: a poor bravura creature, one of the Greek worshippers: himself a mere bad imitation of the Germans, throwing heaps of muscles together and calling them men, and thinking a mass of vernicular attitudes composition.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 19 Nov 1853 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | John Ruskin |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 8 Feb 1819 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | art critic and social critic |
| Religion: | Church of England (evangelical) |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Bell Scott |
| Title: | [memoir David Scott] |
| Genre: | Biography, Autobiog / Diary, Arts / architecture |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 25896 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | John Ruskin | |
| Editor: | Joan Evans | |
| Title: | The diaries of John Ruskin | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1956 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 482 | |
| Additional comments: | continuous pagination through vols |
| Citation: | John Ruskin, Joan Evans (ed.), The diaries of John Ruskin (Oxford, 1956), 2, p. 482, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25896, accessed: 29 March 2023 | |
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