Evidence: | 'Note that the Prussians have to black their helmets and take off their epaulettes to prepare for battle "with lacquer made of soot or lampblack". "Daily Telegraph". June 15th, 1866, p. 5 last column but one. Conf. Henry's white plume and Achilles' crest.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | 17 Jun 1866 | ||||||||||
Country: | Switzerland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Lucerne | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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: | Switzerland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [n/a] |
Title: | Daily Telegraph |
Genre: | Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 25937 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | John Ruskin | |
Editor: | Joan Evans | |
Title: | The diaries of John Ruskin | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1956 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 591 | |
Additional comments: | pagination continuous throughout vols |
Citation: | John Ruskin, Joan Evans (ed.), The diaries of John Ruskin (Oxford, 1956), 2, p. 591, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25937, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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