BIB_ID
436147
Accession number
MA 3315.17
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 January 15.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund with the special assistance of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Page, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 pages, with address) ; illustrations ; 23 x 18.5 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Date of writing from letter.
Illustrated on all three pages with self-portraits and drawings of people blown about by the storm. The fourth page contains a drawing of a crowd at an exhibition.
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 letter.
Illustrated on all three pages with self-portraits and drawings of people blown about by the storm. The fourth page contains a drawing of a crowd at an exhibition.
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 the wind and cold of the previous day's storm, and their effects on people walking down Oxford Street; mentioning that he thinks they should begin "certain large drawings for the London and Dublin watercolor Exhibitions."
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