Record Number: 590

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Have you seen a little volume of Westall's Poems containing a DAY in SPRING, and other detached pieces, with four lovely engravings from his own designs? One of them representing ayouthful Spenser, dreaming about knights, and squires, & Dames of high degree, and Fairies, & other entertaining whimsies. And all these visionary personages are dancing around him in the prettiest groupes you can imagine.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

From: 23 Jun 1810

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: Chelsea College

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:

Sarah Harriet Burney

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

29 Aug 1772

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

housekeeper

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Richard Westall

Title:

A Day in Spring, and Other Poems

Genre:

Poetry, Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

590

Source:

Print

Author:

Sarah Harriet Burney

Editor:

Lorna J Clark

Title:

The Letters of S.H.B.

Place of Publication:

Athens/London

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

n/a

Page:

116

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Sarah Harriet Burney, Lorna J Clark (ed.), The Letters of S.H.B., (Athens/London, 1997), p. 116, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=590, accessed: 15 January 2025

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Additional Comments:

None