BIB_ID
435086
Accession number
MA 3315.5
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
Display Date
London, England, 1842 August 14?.
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 18.8 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Doyle lists a month and year of writing, but no day. Based on the contents of the letter, Scott has proposed the 14th. See note 1, p. 66 in The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father.
Illustrated with two sketches of scenes from the opera on pp. 1-2, including a depiction of Giovanni Rubini in costume as Othello.
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 lists a month and year of writing, but no day. Based on the contents of the letter, Scott has proposed the 14th. See note 1, p. 66 in The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father.
Illustrated with two sketches of scenes from the opera on pp. 1-2, including a depiction of Giovanni Rubini in costume as Othello.
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 an evening at the opera; writing in detail about a performance of Rossini's Otello; commenting on the perfomers Luigi Lablache, Fanny Persiani, Giorgio Ronconi, and Giovanni Rubini.
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