Record Number: 3650
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Letter B 14 - Postmark 6/12/1857 - "I can't answer at length till Monday. But you are quite right about the graver want of the book. [The Elements of Drawing, which had been published in June]. The appalling character of it is only to young ladies who think of drawing as mere recreation - assuredly no more work is asked than about half what they give to piano."
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 01 Jun 1857 and 6 Dec 1857
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Type of Experience(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:Unknown
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:22 Dec 1829
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Artist
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Elements of Drawing
Genre:Education, Crafts, Textbook / self-education, Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsJune 1857
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3650
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:92-3
Additional Comments:
From letter to Anna Blunden.
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. 92-3, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3650, accessed: 07 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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