Record Number: 3551

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Letter 6/8/1858 - 'First let me thank you for your notes on Verona - & correction of my statement to the good folks on Manchester. (I will put it all right in the next edition)'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 3 Dec 1857 and 6 Aug 1858

Country:

Probably Ireland

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1818

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Great Lady, painted and drew - charitable work with emphasis on education of poor children

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England (born in Paris, British Embassy)

Country of Experience:

Probably Ireland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Ruskin

Title:

The Political Economy of Art

Genre:

Fiction, Textbook / self-education, Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published 3/12/1857, reprinted in 1880 as A Joy for Ever

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3551

Source:

Print

Author:

John Ruskin

Editor:

Virginia Surtees

Title:

Sublime and Instructive. Letters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Ellen Heaton

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1972

Vol:

n/a

Page:

26-27

Additional Comments:

It is not known what were Lady Waterford's corrections to the passage on verona in Ruskin's lecture on Political Economy of Art. It was issued in book form on December 3, 1857. From a letter written by Ruskin on 6/8/1858 to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford

Citation:

John Ruskin, Virginia Surtees (ed.), Sublime and Instructive. Letters from John Ruskin to Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Anna Blunden and Ellen Heaton, (London, 1972), p. 26-27, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3551, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None