Record Number: 5436
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"It so happened that a retired Scotch physician, who had settled in the town, chanced to read this notice, and, interested in all related to his gifted countryman [Burns], timidly asked if he would be allowed admission [to a Burns' Night supper organised by the Falcon Harmonic Society]."
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Middlesex
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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:physician
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
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:Notice of a Burns Supper
Genre:Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Poster
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:5436
Source:John Bedford Leno
Editor:n/a
Title:The Aftermath: with Autobiography of the Author, John Bedford Leno
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1892
Vol:n/a
Page:20
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
John Bedford Leno, The Aftermath: with Autobiography of the Author, John Bedford Leno, (London, 1892), p. 20, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5436, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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