Record Number: 17175

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Benjamin Robert Haydon to Elizabeth Barrett, 17 May 1843: '[David Wilkie] was amiable & affectionate -- and when I read [of] his Death, (I was at Dover) I felt as if a string was pulled out, -- I dreamt all night I was at Jerusalem -- & visiting with him the Tombs of the Kings'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1841 and 30 Jun 1841

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Dover
county: Kent

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:

Benjamin Robert Haydon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1786

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Artist

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

notice of death of David Wilkie (on 1 June 1841)

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

In The Morning Chronicle

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17175

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1989

Vol:

7

Page:

134

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1989), 7, p. 134, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17175, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

See also p.69 n.14 in source for details on this reading experience.