BIB_ID
436179
Accession number
MA 3315.30
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 April 30.
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.
Date of writing from the letter.
Illustrated on p. 1 with a small sketch of the concert; illustrated on p. 3 with a self-portrait.
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 small sketch of the concert; illustrated on p. 3 with a self-portrait.
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 a morning concert he attended at the Princess's Theatre organized by Jonathan Blewitt; describing the room in which it was held in detail; praising the contralto Emma Albertazzi highly and referring to her performance of the aria "Una voce poco fa" from Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia in particular; mentioning that Samuel Lover's songs are in fashion and that two of them were sung at the concert.
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