Record Number: 23528
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'went into Melbourne after muster & stayed some time reading at the Yorick thought London Punch particularly good this month, one cartoon especially a Study in the Palace of Versailles, the king of Prussia Booted & spurred, yet in an easy chair having a pipe over the Plans of Paris & wearing a self satisfied air, behind him the shades of Louis the fourteenth & Napoleon "Is this the end of all the triumphs" Another Cartoon represents "a real German defeat" the Marquis of Lorn with his royal bride leaning fondly on him while in the distance are to be seen a crowd of Uniformed, Whiskered & bewaxed German princes wailing, & gnashing at the sight though still sucking away at their Meerchaums.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:21 Dec 1870
Country:Australia
Timeafternoon
Place:city: Melbourne
other location: Yorick Club
(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:Male
Date of Birth:15 May 1831
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Prison Governor
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Australia
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Punch
Genre:Unknown, satire
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:23528
Source:Manuscript
Author:John Buckley Castieau
Title:Diaries
Location:National Library of Australia
Call No:NLA MS 2218
Page/Folio:n/a
Additional Information:
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Citation:
John Buckley Castieau, Diaries, National Library of Australia, NLA MS 2218, n/a, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=23528, accessed: 21 December 2024
Additional Comments:
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