Record Number: 23071
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Words of a gentleman, well known to Fry, desirous of seeing and judging for himself effects of the experiment in Newgate Gaol, visited Newgate, and wrote: 'I was conducted by a decently-dressed person, the newly appointed yards-woman, to the door of a ward, where, at the head of a long table sat a lady belonging to the Society of Friends. She was reading aloud to the prisoners, who were engaged in needle work around it ... They all rose on my entrance, curtsied respectfully, and then at a signal given resumed their seats and employments.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Apr 1817 and 31 May 1817
Country:England
Timedaytime
Place:city: London
specific address: Newgate Gaol
other location: prison
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
passive in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:unknown (lady prison visitor)
Religion:Quaker
Country of Origin:unknown
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
female prisoners
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Bible (probably)
Genre:Bible
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:23071
Source:Elizabeth Fry
Editor:Katharine Fry
Title:Memoir of Elizabeth Fry, with extracts from her Journal and letters, edited by two of her daughters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1847
Vol:1
Page:272
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Elizabeth Fry, Katharine Fry (ed.), Memoir of Elizabeth Fry, with extracts from her Journal and letters, edited by two of her daughters, (London, 1847), 1, p. 272, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=23071, accessed: 24 January 2025
Additional Comments:
None
