Record Number: 28574

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The Farbenlehre [The Theory (or Science) of Colour], which you are so good as to offer me, I have never seen, and shall thankfully accept, and study, it.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 3 Oct 1829 and 3 Nov 1829

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: Craigenputtoch

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:

Thomas Carlyle

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Dec 1795

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer / Academic

Religion:

Lapsed Calvinist

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Title:

Farbenlehre

Genre:

Philosophy, Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28574

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Carlyle

Editor:

C. R. Sanders

Title:

The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle

Place of Publication:

Durham, North Carolina

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

5

Page:

27-8

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Carlyle, C. R. Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 5, p. 27-8, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28574, accessed: 21 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

Taken from letter from Carlyle to Goethe, dated 3rd November 1829. Pages 26-29 in this edition. Date range based on date of this letter (in which he thanks Goethe for the package), and an earlier reference in the letter to it having arrived 4 weeks earlier.