BIB_ID
436570
Accession number
MA 3315.59
Creator
Doyle, Henry Edward, 1827-1892, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 June 2.
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 ; 22.6 x 18.4 cm
Notes
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Illustrated on page 2 with a depiction of Minerva warding off the arrow and a drawing of himself sitting at an easel; illustrated on page 3 with two groups of people in historical costumes.
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 2 with a depiction of Minerva warding off the arrow and a drawing of himself sitting at an easel; illustrated on page 3 with two groups of people in historical costumes.
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
Writing at length about which subject from the life of Telemachus he would like to attempt for his next large picture; describing how much he is looking forward to seeing the Exhibition of Cartoons at Westminster and his interest in the depiction of historical scenes.
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