BIB_ID
435088
Accession number
MA 3315.7
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
Display Date
London, England, 1842 September 4.
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 ; 23.3 x 19.2 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Date of writing from the letter.
Illustrated on p. 2 with a scene of Greenwich pensioners and young men rowing; illustrated on p. 3 with two small sketches.
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. 2 with a scene of Greenwich pensioners and young men rowing; illustrated on p. 3 with two small sketches.
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 various scenes and occurrences in the "somewhat cockneyfied and cricket-playing locality of Blackheath," where the Doyle family was residing temporarily; describing Greenwich pensioners and students at schools associated with the Greenwich Hospital; expressing enthusiasm about The Illustrated London News and particularly the artist William Dickes's contributions.
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