BIB_ID
196237
Accession number
MA 14098
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883, sender.
Display Date
England, 1846?
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 12.6 x 10.9 cm
Notes
Dated "Saturday."
Year of writing suggested by internal evidence, the son of French diplomat Charles-Joseph, comte Bresson, was made grandee of Spain, 1st class, in 1846, as a reward for Bresson's role in the marriage negotiations to marry Isabella II of Spain to her cousin the duke of Cadiz (which occurred on 10 October 1846) and the duke of Montpensier to princess Luisa Fernanda.
Year of writing suggested by internal evidence, the son of French diplomat Charles-Joseph, comte Bresson, was made grandee of Spain, 1st class, in 1846, as a reward for Bresson's role in the marriage negotiations to marry Isabella II of Spain to her cousin the duke of Cadiz (which occurred on 10 October 1846) and the duke of Montpensier to princess Luisa Fernanda.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Proposing to make a cut (for the next number of Punch) of "a Spanish bull fight Louis Phillipe as matador and John Bull down upon him."; also suggesting that (Tom) Taylor compose a ballad on the subject of "the knighting of Bresson's child", which Doyle himself intends to illustrate, and asking Lemon to mention it to Taylor.
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