BIB_ID
436198
Accession number
MA 3315.45
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 September.
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 ; 22.5 x 18.4 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Doyle gives the date of writing as "Sunday Morning September 1843." Scott proposes that the letter was written either on the 3rd or the 17th. See full citation in The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father.
Illustrated on p. 1 with a drawing of the siblings feeding birds; illustrated on p. 2 with a band of hobgoblins cavorting on a tree; illustrated on p. 3 with a drawing of Henry III surrounded by dogs.
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 the date of writing as "Sunday Morning September 1843." Scott proposes that the letter was written either on the 3rd or the 17th. See full citation in The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father.
Illustrated on p. 1 with a drawing of the siblings feeding birds; illustrated on p. 2 with a band of hobgoblins cavorting on a tree; illustrated on p. 3 with a drawing of Henry III surrounded by dogs.
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 doesn't know what to write about, so he has drawn a sketch of Henry, Adelaide, Charles, and himself feeding water fowl in Kensington Gardens; writing about the water fowl; recounting an anecdote about Henry III's love of dogs; mentioning Victor Hugo's poetic drama "Le Roi S'Amuse".
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