BIB_ID
435020
Accession number
MA 3315.1
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
Display Date
London, England, 1842 July 3.
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 ; 23.1 x 18.7 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Date of writing from the letter.
Illustrated on p. 1 with six small drawings of a man in motion.
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.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Date of writing from the letter.
Illustrated on p. 1 with six small drawings of a man in motion.
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
Describing a visit to the Italian Opera House the previous night; referring to the performers Luigi Lablache, Fanny Persiani, and Giovanni Battista Rubini; writing of his preference for Bellini's Norma over Mozart's Don Giovanni; commenting on the dance performances, including "the Ballet of Alma" (Jules Perrot's "Alma ou La fille de feu"); praising the dancers Fanny Cerrito, Henri Desplaces, Louise Fleury, and Marie Guy-Stephan; quoting from The Old Curiosity Shop in his conclusion to the letter.
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