BIB_ID
436189
Accession number
MA 3315.38
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 July?
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund with the special assistance of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Page, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; illustrations ; 22.8 x 18.5 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
The letter is undated, but based on the contents, Scott proposes that it was written in July 1843. See note 1 in The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father, p. 242.
Illustrated on pp. 1-2 with drawings of the spring in Kensington Gardens and figures engaged in exercise and drinking the waters.
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.
The letter is undated, but based on the contents, Scott proposes that it was written in July 1843. See note 1 in The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father, p. 242.
Illustrated on pp. 1-2 with drawings of the spring in Kensington Gardens and figures engaged in exercise and drinking the waters.
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
Saying that he and other members of the family have been drinking the waters in Kensington Gardens and running up and down hills every morning for a week; describing the unusual individuals they have encountered at the spring and their habits.
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