Record Number: 5176
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'There is a fine cover on one of the Registers which I must preserve, it has been a Wrapper to a No of Hogarth's works, there are such droll figures on it as I can scarcely make out, but it is very fine... so these figures with monkey heads, must be something above the common vulgar.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:8 Mar 1827
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:location in dwelling: at home
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:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:22 Sep 1773
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:schoolteacher/ parishofficial
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:['Wrapper to a No of Hogarth's works' OR [cover to
Genre:Arts / architecture, Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Advertisement
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:5176
Source:Robert Sharp
Editor:J. E. Crowther
Title:The Diary of Robert Sharp of South Cave
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1997
Vol:n/a
Page:114
Additional Comments:
and ed P A Crowther
Citation:
Robert Sharp, J. E. Crowther (ed.), The Diary of Robert Sharp of South Cave, (Oxford, 1997), p. 114, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5176, accessed: 30 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None