Record Number: 25857

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Shower over the Breven as I returned (after sitting under a vast rock, rich with Alpine rose, reading Mr Ritchie's tract, "Catholick and Apostolick Church") and past away to the Col de Balme.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

9 Jun 1844

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Chamonix
other location: while walking in the alps

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

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:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

J.S. Davenport

Title:

Edward Irving and the Catholic Apostolic Church

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Pamphlet, tract

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

25857

Source:

Print

Author:

John Ruskin

Editor:

Joan Evans

Title:

The diaries of John Ruskin

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1956

Vol:

1

Page:

280

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Ruskin, Joan Evans (ed.), The diaries of John Ruskin, (Oxford, 1956), 1, p. 280, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25857, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None