BIB_ID
196222
Accession number
MA 14100
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883, sender.
Display Date
London, England, between 1864 and 1874.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.5 x 11.6 cm
Notes
To "My dear Lewis"; possibly Doyle's friend and associate, the art patron Arthur Lewis.
Dated "Feb 9."
Written from: 54 Clifton Gardens, / Maida Hill.
Richard Doyle resided at 54 Clifton Gardens from 1864 to 1874.
Dated "Feb 9."
Written from: 54 Clifton Gardens, / Maida Hill.
Richard Doyle resided at 54 Clifton Gardens from 1864 to 1874.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Explaining that illness has kept him from going to Mr. Leech's (?) to work on an unspecified painting or drawing; stating that he is "anxious to begin again and finish what still remains to be done", and proposing that he go there on Monday next, "and after that as many times next week as possible till all is complete."
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