Record Number: 3560
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Letter 8/2/1863 - "For, as far as I remember - my sayings to you have been very nearly limited to Goldsmith's model of a critical sentence on painter's work: "that it was very well - and would have been better if the painter had taken more pains."
Century:1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:Probably Britain, but the author did travel to Europe on extended tours
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
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
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Vicar of Wakefield
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Unknown
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Source Information:
Record ID:3560
Source: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:46-47
Additional Comments:
From the editor's footnote: "The whole secret consisted in a strict adherence to two rules: the one always to observe that the picture might have been better if the painter had taken more pains." (The Vicar of Wakefield, cb. XX.) From letter dated 8/2/1863 to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterfront.
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. 46-47, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3560, accessed: 24 April 2024
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