Record Number: 30790
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Mr [Horatio] Brown showed us all sorts of interesting Stevenson things yesterday — particularly a little paper book of poems, with all the Stevenson grace about them, written at Davos and printed by Lloyd Osbourne in his own printing press there. I enjoyed our luncheon very much.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:30 Mar 1896
Country:Italy
Timedaytime: lunchtime
Place:city: Venice
other location: Palazzo Gritti or home of Horatio Brown
(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:Female
Date of Birth:16 Jul 1868
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Oxford graduate, language student, yet to take up formal occupation as archaeologist and political advisor
Religion:Christian (Anglican) later declared herself atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:?Moral Emblems
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsfirst printed on 'toy' press in Davos, 1882
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:30790
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
Additional Information:
Letter from Gertude Bell to Florence Bell 30 March 1896, Venice http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=525
Citation:
Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30790, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
This entry is included since Gertrude Bell's comment suggests she read some of these poems, rather than simply inspecting the book .
