Record Number: 33251
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Thursday. rose at 8, O'Clock, came to Po [Agnes Porter, governess], turned the Hour Glass and played with it.- read my Journal of Sepr 5, 1805, that you wrote for me. said my Prayers. hit my chin against a Chair, cried a little. Betty put some Pommade divine to it. told Po, my Journal. did a Sum in Substraction, then ate my breakfast; Tea and dried Toast, it was very good. - Po read the Travelled Ant while we were at Breakfast. liked it very much. went down with Po to the Breakfast Room. went up stairs to Aunt Mary, gave her a kiss and told her that Breakfast was getting cold.- I forget the Answer. came down again, ate a Finger and some Currants. My Uncle gave me the Finger and Aunt Mary the Currants. read in the Evening at Home.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:15 Aug 1806
Country:England
Timemorning
Place:city: Lacock
county: Wiltshire
other location: Lacock Abbey
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:11 Feb 1800
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Child
Religion:Church of England
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:Evenings at Home, Or, the Juvenile Budget Opened
Genre:Children's Lit
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:33251
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
The Correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot Project, De Montfort University, http://foxtalbot.dmu.ac.uk/index.html
Additional Information:
William Henry Fox Talbot to Elizabeth Teresa Feilding, 15 August 1806, Document number 10040
Citation:
The Correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot Project, De Montfort University, http://foxtalbot.dmu.ac.uk/index.html, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33251, accessed: 21 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None
