BIB_ID
436190
Accession number
MA 3315.39
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 August 6?.
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 ; 22.7 x 18.6 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Doyle lists the date of writing as "Sunday August 6th 1842," but Scott argues that this is a mistake, and the letter was actually written in 1843. See note 1 in The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father, p. 247.
Illustrated on p. 1 with a boxed sketch of "Una and the Lion" and a drawing of the exhibition hall and attendees; illustrated on p. 3 with a rough sketch in pencil of the composition of "The Death of King Lear."
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 August 6th 1842," but Scott argues that this is a mistake, and the letter was actually written in 1843. See note 1 in The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father, p. 247.
Illustrated on p. 1 with a boxed sketch of "Una and the Lion" and a drawing of the exhibition hall and attendees; illustrated on p. 3 with a rough sketch in pencil of the composition of "The Death of King Lear."
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 since last Sunday he has paid two visits to the Exhibition of Cartoons; commenting on the public interest in the exhibition; describing the other visitors; writing at length about the "attention and good behavior of the multitude" and the benefits working-class visitors might derive from free public exhibitions; commenting on Paul Falconer Poole's cartoon, "The Death of King Lear."
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