Record Number: 14768

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'and so away presently very merry, and fell to reading of the several "Advices to a Painter", which made us good sport; and endeed are very witty'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

1 Jul 1667

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

city: London
other location: while travelling by coach

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:

Samuel Pepys

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Feb 1633

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Admiralty, Clerk of the Acts

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

read with John Creed, unsure if he is a listener

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Andrew Marvell

Title:

The second and third advice to a painter, for drawing the history of our navall actions, the last two years

Genre:

satire

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1667

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

14768

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

8

Page:

313

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1974), 8, p. 313, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14768, accessed: 22 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None