Record Number: 8036
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'For some time before this I had found my eyes not so good as they had been, being now oblig'd to hold a book, when reading, farther from my eyes & finding some difficulties in seeing to read anything of a small print, or to write on the first bringing in of candles of an evening. Having made this observation on taking up a paper at the Bolt & Tun the evening before we went into Kent, Mr Drew (...) desired me to try his spectacles, which I at first scouted, but having at his desire placed them before my eyes, I found the confusion I had just complain'd done away, & that I co'd see the smallest type perfectly well, on which I determin'd on procuring a pair...'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 May 1802 and 31 May 1802
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: London
specific address: Bolt and Tun Inn, Bonverie Street
other location: Coffee room
(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:Male
Date of Birth:31 May 1752
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Composer / gentleman
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[newspaper]
Genre:Ephemera, Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Newspaper read at the inn
Source Information:
Record ID:8036
Source:John Marsh
Editor:Brian Robins
Title:The Journals of John Marsh
Place of Publication:New York
Date of Publication:1998
Vol:n/a
Page:753
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
John Marsh, Brian Robins (ed.), The Journals of John Marsh, (New York, 1998), p. 753, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8036, accessed: 24 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
