Record Number: 3659

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

From the editor's short biography of Ellen Heaton - "In 1849 her brother was reading The Seven Lamps of Architecture; he found its author to be 'a great enthusiast and runs to extremes in his opinions... he seems to me to become preposterous and self-contradictory', but all was redeemed by his being 'very earnest throughout'."

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1849 and 31 Dec 1849

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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 Heaton

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1817

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Medical doctor

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Ruskin

Title:

The Seven Lamps of Architecture

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Published 1849

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3659

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

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 Ellen Heaton., (London, 1972), p. 146, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3659, accessed: 06 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None