BIB_ID
436164
Accession number
MA 3315.28
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 April 16.
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 18.7 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Date of writing from the letter.
Illustrated on p. 1 with a depiction of Richard mistaking the lay figure for a woman; illustrated on p. 3 with an ogre who appears to be in the process of swallowing numerous small figures traveling by many different modes of transportation.
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. 1 with a depiction of Richard mistaking the lay figure for a woman; illustrated on p. 3 with an ogre who appears to be in the process of swallowing numerous small figures traveling by many different modes of transportation.
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
Mentioning an evening gathering organized by the Graphic Society at which both Richard and his father were present; saying that on the way there, they called, with Christopher Moore, at Sir William Ross's and saw his cartoon "The Angel Raphael Discoursing with Adam," depicting a scene from Paradise Lost; commenting on the cartoon in detail; mentioning that he mistook a wooden lay figure for a woman at the gathering; referring to a book called Day Dreams (by Charles Knox) and adding that he will include a day-dream of his own.
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