BIB_ID
435084
Accession number
MA 3315.4
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
Display Date
London, England, 1842 August 6.
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 18.9 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Doyle dates the letter "Sunday August the 6th 1842." Scott notes that Sunday fell on the 7th, but refers to the following letter (MA 3315.5) in which Doyle admits that he usually began the letters on Saturday night. See note 1, p. 60 in The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father.
Illustrated on p. 3 with a scene from one of the Waverley novels and on p. 1 with a small figure holding a scroll.
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.
Doyle dates the letter "Sunday August the 6th 1842." Scott notes that Sunday fell on the 7th, but refers to the following letter (MA 3315.5) in which Doyle admits that he usually began the letters on Saturday night. See note 1, p. 60 in The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father.
Illustrated on p. 3 with a scene from one of the Waverley novels and on p. 1 with a small figure holding a scroll.
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
Arguing for the merits of Sir Walter Scott; referring to numerous novels and characters by Scott.
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