Evidence: | From the editor's short biography of Ellen Heaton: "She had read and was a 'great admirer' of the early volumes of Modern Painters.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849, 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | Probably Britain, but reader travelled extensively | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Ellen Heaton |
Age | Unknown |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 18 Nov 1816 |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | Woman of private means, art collector |
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: | John Ruskin |
Title: | Modern Painters I and II |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Arts / architecture |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | Modern Painters I (first published 1834) and II (first published 1846) |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 3666 | |
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: | 146 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
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. 146, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3666, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
The editor had access to unpublished diaries and letters of Dr John Heaton, the reader's brother, and quotes from his diary in the previous paragraph. It is implied that this is the source. |
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