Record Number: 25916

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Observe accident in "Times" of June 17th, caused by caterpillar, Bombyx processionea of Reaumur.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

27 Jun 1862

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Milan

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:

John Ruskin

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:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a]

Title:

The Times

Genre:

Medicine

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

25916

Source:

Print

Author:

John Ruskin

Editor:

Joan Evans

Title:

The diaries of John Ruskin

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1956

Vol:

2

Page:

562

Additional Comments:

continuous pagination through vols

Citation:

John Ruskin, Joan Evans (ed.), The diaries of John Ruskin, (Oxford, 1956), 2, p. 562, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25916, accessed: 08 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

editor's note: "The Times" of that date has an account of a French boy who had died as a result of stings from caterpillars of the pine processionary moth.