BIB_ID
436184
Accession number
MA 3315.34
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 May 27?.
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 18.6 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Doyle lists the date of writing as "Saturday Night May 17th 1843," but Scott has established that this is an error for May 27th. See note 1 in The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father, p. 221.
Illustrated on p. 1 with a sketch of the audience at the concert; illustrated on p. 3 with a full-page 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.
Doyle lists the date of writing as "Saturday Night May 17th 1843," but Scott has established that this is an error for May 27th. See note 1 in The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father, p. 221.
Illustrated on p. 1 with a sketch of the audience at the concert; illustrated on p. 3 with a full-page 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
Describing a concert that he and his brother Henry attended at the Queen's Concert Rooms, Hanover Square; commenting on the performances by Emma Albertazzi, Cesare Emiliani, John Orlando Parry, Joseph Staudigl, and other singers; listing specific pieces that Herr Staudigl sang, including works by John Liptrot Hatton, Adolf Müller, and Gioacchino Rossini; giving his opinion of Parry's "Blue Beard: A Romance of Infantile History"; mentioning that he has more to say about the Royal Academy Exhibition and will address this in future letters.
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