BIB_ID
436191
Accession number
MA 3315.40
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 August 13?.
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 ; 22.8 x 18.6 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Doyle gives "Sunday Evening August 1843" for the date of writing, leaving a blank space for the day. Based on the contents of the letter, Scott argues that it was written on August 13th. See note 1 in The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father, p. 252.
Illustrated on pp. 1-2 with scenes from the temperance gathering; illustrated on p. 3 with a drawing of the brothers working on a large cartoon.
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 gives "Sunday Evening August 1843" for the date of writing, leaving a blank space for the day. Based on the contents of the letter, Scott argues that it was written on August 13th. See note 1 in The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father, p. 252.
Illustrated on pp. 1-2 with scenes from the temperance gathering; illustrated on p. 3 with a drawing of the brothers working on a large cartoon.
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 an excursion with Henry and James to see Father Theobald Mathew preach and administer the temperance pledge to a large gathering of people; describing Mathew himself and individuals in the crowd; writing that he believes the Doyle brothers should submit a cartoon for the next competition to decorate Westminster Hall.
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