Record Number: 3672

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Letter H 30 - January 1856 - "I am always treating you ill - but I took so many presentation copies [of the third volume of Modern Painters, published Jan 15, 1856] from the bookseller that I was ashamed to ask for more & so let you buy yours - ... I am truly glad you like it."

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 15 Jan 1856 and 31 Jan 1856

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:

Ellen Heaton

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

18 Nov 1816

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Woman with private means, art collector

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:

Modern Painters III

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First edition published 15 January 1856

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3672

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:

182

Additional Comments:

Letter from John Ruskin to Ellen Heaton (January 1856).

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. 182, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3672, accessed: 06 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None