BIB_ID
436200
Accession number
MA 3315.47
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 October 1.
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 18.5 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Date of writing from the letter.
Illustrated on pp. 1-2 with scenes from Byron's poetry and pencil sketches of several men's heads; illustrated on p. 3 with a drawing of Espartero waving to a crowd from a carriage.
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.
Illustrated on pp. 1-2 with scenes from Byron's poetry and pencil sketches of several men's heads; illustrated on p. 3 with a drawing of Espartero waving to a crowd from a carriage.
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
Writing at length about the merits and defects of Lord Byron's poetry; comparing him to Coleridge, Milton, Spenser, Shakespeare, and Wordsworth, describing in detail a scene from "The Siege of Corinth" and quoting several passages; mentioning that he caught a glimpse of the former regent of Spain, Baldomero Espartero, near the Adelaide Gallery the other day.
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