BIB_ID
436177
Accession number
MA 3315.29
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 April 23?.
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 19 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Doyle lists the date of writing as "Sunday Morning April 1842," and a later hand has added "24" for the day. Scott has established that the actual date of writing is most likely April 23, 1843. See note 2 in The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father, p. 194.
Illustrated on p. 1 with a fanastical opening drawing of vines, flowers, and figures at the top of the page and a line of men carrying placards spelling out "Hurra" at the bottom; illustrated on pp. 2-3 with scenes from Hampstead Heath.
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 April 1842," and a later hand has added "24" for the day. Scott has established that the actual date of writing is most likely April 23, 1843. See note 2 in The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father, p. 194.
Illustrated on p. 1 with a fanastical opening drawing of vines, flowers, and figures at the top of the page and a line of men carrying placards spelling out "Hurra" at the bottom; illustrated on pp. 2-3 with scenes from Hampstead Heath.
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
Writing about how eagerly he anticipates the opening of the Royal Academy Exhibition the following week; describing a walk that he, Henry, and James took on Hampstead Heath on Easter Monday and the people and activities they saw there.
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