Record Number: 5190
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Read Wilkins and Visconti on the Elgin marbles. Wilkins' assertions that Visconti does not think the relievos on the frieze and the metopes to be the work of Phillias not correct [...]'
Century:1800-1849
Date:29 Oct 1816
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:location in dwelling: 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:1762
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:Rector and J.P.
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A letter from the chevalier Antonio Canova
Genre:Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5190
Source:Benjamin Newton
Editor:C.P. Fendall
Title:The Diaries of Benjamin Newton Rector of Wath, 1816-1819
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1993
Vol:n/a
Page:37
Additional Comments:
and ed. E.A.Crutchley
Citation:
Benjamin Newton, C.P. Fendall (ed.), The Diaries of Benjamin Newton Rector of Wath, 1816-1819, (Cambridge, 1993), p. 37, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5190, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
None