Letter from Richard Doyle, Ripon, to Miss Boyle, 1879? November 6 : autograph manuscript signed.

Concerning him inability to draw owing to an inflammation of the eyes brought on by drawing small figures with the use of a magnifying glass, and which plagued him in his recent trip to Scotland, where he was ordered by the doctor to not use his eyes at all ("There was I, an unfortunate artist in the midst of most beautiful scenery and charming autumn weather cut off from doing what I like best ... I spent several weeks in Scotland trying to nurse my poor eyes into recovering in vain."); describing his arrival at Studley Royal to find "Ld Northbrook and his daughters and the Forsters a political party plotting all day long the downfall of Dizzy."; and mentioning a trip to Longleat ("The Baths were very well and had just got into the new rooms which look splendid.").