Record Number: 5566

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

H. J. Jackson discusses Queen Charlotte's responsive "extra-illustration" of text of her copy of An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

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:

Queen Charlotte

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Consort to George III

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Colley Cibber

Title:

An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian ... with an Historical View of the Stage During his Own Time

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

3rd ed. London: Dodsley, 1750

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5566

Source:

Print

Author:

H. J. Jackson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books

Place of Publication:

New Haven

Date of Publication:

2001

Vol:

n/a

Page:

188-89

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books, (New Haven, 2001), p. 188-89, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5566, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None