| Evidence: | Letter 8/2/1863 - "I'm so thin and hard and metallic that I think sometimes I'm going to turn into the pin that Death bores through the King's crowns - and 'farewell King'."
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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 | Unknown |
| 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: | William Shakespeare |
| Title: | Richard II |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 3562 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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: | 46-48 | |
| Additional comments: | Editor's footnote - Richard II, Act III, scene 2. From letter dated 8/2/1863 to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford |
| 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. 46-48, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3562, accessed: 31 March 2023 | |
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