BIB_ID
418365
Accession number
MA 14115
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1866.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.3 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Written from: 54 Clifton Gardens, / Maida Hill."
Richard Doyle resided at 54 Clifton Gardens from 1864 to 1874.
Paper watermarked "[18]66".
Written on black-edged mourning stationery.
Richard Doyle resided at 54 Clifton Gardens from 1864 to 1874.
Paper watermarked "[18]66".
Written on black-edged mourning stationery.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Expressing his satisfaction with a "retouched proof" of a wood engraving and remarking that "I think it will do now. In printing the lines generally will no doubt come fuller and richer."; asking his advice on the best type of ink to use for drawing on the woodblocks, noting that he has experimented with India ink, asking if "a wet sponge is to be placed over the wood", and concluding that, once he grows accustomed to it, "the pen will suit me better than pencil."
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