BIB_ID
436185
Accession number
MA 3315.35
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 June 25.
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 copy of Poole's painting and a self-portrait; illustrated on pp. 2-3 with sketches pertaining to the anecdote.
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 copy of Poole's painting and a self-portrait; illustrated on pp. 2-3 with sketches pertaining to the anecdote.
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 that he has come to the conclusion that the "most promising picture" at the Royal Academy Exhibition is Paul Falconer Poole's "Solomon Eagle Exhorting the People to Repentance, during the Plague of the Year 1665"; discussing the painting in detail; recounting an anecdote about being offered contraband cigars near the Thames.
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