| Evidence: | Letter 8/2/1863 - "For, as far as I remember - my sayings to you have been very nearly limited to Goldsmith's model of a critical sentence on painter's work: "that it was very well - and would have been better if the painter had taken more pains."
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | Probably Britain, but the author did travel to Europe on extended tours | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | John Ruskin |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 8 Feb 1819 |
| Socio-economic group: | n/a |
| Occupation: | writer and art critic |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Probably Britain, but the author did travel to Europe on extended tours |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Title: | The Vicar of Wakefield |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 3560 | |
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| 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: | 46-47 | |
| Additional comments: | From the editor's footnote: "The whole secret consisted in a strict adherence to two rules: the one always to observe that the picture might have been better if the painter had taken more pains." (The Vicar of Wakefield, cb. XX.) From letter dated 8/2/1863 to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterfront. |
| 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. 46-47, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3560, accessed: 31 March 2023 | |
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