| Evidence: | The editor's footnote quotes a letter from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to Ellen Heaton: 24/11/1855 - "Much of my time in Paris was spent with Mr and Mrs Browning, who send you their kind regards. What a glorious book "Men and Women" is!" (Letters written to Ellen Heaton; sold in 1969; whereabouts unknown.) |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | Probably Britain, but reader travelled extensively | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1828 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Artist and author |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Probably Britain, but reader travelled extensively |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Robert Browning |
| Title: | Men and Women |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Published 17/11/1855, 2 volumes. |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 3664 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | John Ruskin | |
| Editor: | Virginia Surtees | |
| Title: | Sublime and Instructive. Letters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Elle Heaton. | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1972 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 176 | |
| Additional comments: | From a letter from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to Ellen Heaton (25/11/1855). |
| Citation: | John Ruskin, Virginia Surtees (ed.), Sublime and Instructive. Letters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Elle Heaton. (London, 1972), p. 176, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3664, accessed: 09 December 2023 | |
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