Record Number: 30799
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Florence [Lascelles] the Marshalls and I went to the [Berlin] National Gallery to see the modern pictures. It was most interesting because I had been reading about modern German painters and knew what I wanted to look at. It rained all the afternoon — I read and wrote in my room.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 12 Jan 1897 and 14 Feb 1897
Country:Germany
Timen/a
Place:city: Berlin
specific address: British Embassy
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:16 Jul 1868
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Oxford graduate, language student, yet to take up formal occupation as archaeologist and political advisor
Religion:Christian (Anglican) later declared herself atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Germany
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Unknown, presumably book, exhibition catalogue or periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30799
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
Additional Information:
Letter from Gertrude Bell to Florence Bell 14 February 1897, Berlin http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=958
Citation:
Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30799, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Presumably texts on one or more of the modernist 'secessionist' art movements of the time, such as that of Vienna , Munich or Berlin.
