BIB_ID
339092
Accession number
MA 3315.55
Creator
Doyle, Henry Edward, 1827-1892, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1842 March 12.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund with special assistance of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Page, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 pages, with address) : illustrations ; 22.7 x 18.7 cm
Notes
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Address panel simply to "John Doyle Esq."
High reserve.
Illustrated on p. 1 with a pen-and-ink drawing of him walking in Kensington Gardens; illustrated on p. 2-3 with smaller sketches relating to the contents of the letter.
Part of a large collection of letters from Richard Doyle (51 items), Henry Edward Doyle (25 items), and Charles Altamont Doyle (3 items) to their father John Doyle. See collection-level record for more information.
Address panel simply to "John Doyle Esq."
High reserve.
Illustrated on p. 1 with a pen-and-ink drawing of him walking in Kensington Gardens; illustrated on p. 2-3 with smaller sketches relating to the contents of the letter.
Part of a large collection of letters from Richard Doyle (51 items), Henry Edward Doyle (25 items), and Charles Altamont Doyle (3 items) to their father John Doyle. See collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Richard Doyle; Arthur Conan Doyle; Adrian Conan Doyle. Purchased from House of El Dieff, 1974.
Summary
Detailing at length his encounter with a yellow bullfinch during an early morning walk in Kensington Gardens; describing a breakfast with Mr. Safe, during which he looked through an album of fine engravings.
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