BIB_ID
436192
Accession number
MA 3315.41
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 August 16.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund with the special assistance of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Page, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; illustrations ; 22.5 x 18.4 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Date of writing from the letter. See additional information about the dating in The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father, note 1, p. 258.
Illustrated on p. 1 with sketches of preparations for the gathering; illustrated on pp. 2-3 with a large and detailed depiction of the procession.
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. See additional information about the dating in The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father, note 1, p. 258.
Illustrated on p. 1 with sketches of preparations for the gathering; illustrated on pp. 2-3 with a large and detailed depiction of the procession.
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
Describring Father Theobald Mathew's temperance meeting in Paddington, and the chaotic scene of the procession at the start.
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