BIB_ID
436565
Accession number
MA 3315.52
Creator
Doyle, Henry Edward, 1827-1892, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1842 July?.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund with the special assistance of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Page, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 pages, with address) : illustrations ; 23 x 18.9 cm
Notes
Location and date of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Illustrated on page 1 with 3 sketches of the rat scurrying, going through a grate, and climbing up a rock; illustrated on page 2 with a dog running, a little boy running, and a group of people watching the little boy behind the fence; illustrated on page 3 with Mr. Safe leaping over a bench, a larger man sitting with 2 people behind him, and the quintet on stage in costume; illustrated on page 4 with a man singing in costume.
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.
High reserve.
Illustrated on page 1 with 3 sketches of the rat scurrying, going through a grate, and climbing up a rock; illustrated on page 2 with a dog running, a little boy running, and a group of people watching the little boy behind the fence; illustrated on page 3 with Mr. Safe leaping over a bench, a larger man sitting with 2 people behind him, and the quintet on stage in costume; illustrated on page 4 with a man singing in costume.
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.
High reserve.
Provenance
Richard Doyle; Arthur Conan Doyle; Adrian Conan Doyle. Purchased from House of El Dieff, 1974.
Summary
Describing the interactions of a rat he saw and its demise; talking about his experience at the opera with performers Luigi Lablache and Giovanni Battista Rubini, the journey to his seat with Mr. Safe and the people he saw around him; writing about his favorite songs and performances of the opera.
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