Record Number: 25754
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Staid in all day for cold, but sketched some figures from window, and heard some of Sismondi's "Italian Republics", and my day has been rather profitable.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:7 Dec 1840
Country:Italy
Timen/a
Place:city: Rome
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Listener: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:8 Feb 1819
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:art critic and social critic
Religion:Church of England (evangelical)
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author:Jean Charles Leonarde Simonde de Sismondi
Title:Italian Republics
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:25754
Source:John Ruskin
Editor:Joan Evans
Title:The diaries of John Ruskin
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1956
Vol:1
Page:121
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
John Ruskin, Joan Evans (ed.), The diaries of John Ruskin, (Oxford, 1956), 1, p. 121, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25754, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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