BIB_ID
436152
Accession number
MA 3315.18
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 February 5.
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 ; 22.8 x 18.8 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Doyle lists the date of writing as "Sunday Morning February 4th 1843," but Scott notes that Sunday fell on the 5th. See note 1, p. 137 in The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father.
Illustrated with borders on pages one and two, and a drawing of an open door on page three.
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 the date of writing as "Sunday Morning February 4th 1843," but Scott notes that Sunday fell on the 5th. See note 1, p. 137 in The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father.
Illustrated with borders on pages one and two, and a drawing of an open door on page three.
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 icy morning walk with his brother Henry.
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