BIB_ID
436571
Accession number
MA 3315.60
Creator
Doyle, Henry Edward, 1827-1892, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 June 25.
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 ; 22.5 x 18.2 cm
Notes
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Illustrated on page 1 with a copy of "A Scene from the Vicar of Wakefield"; illustrated on page 3 with a copy of "The Poor Teacher" and a depiction of himself carrying a painting away the museum on his back.
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 a copy of "A Scene from the Vicar of Wakefield"; illustrated on page 3 with a copy of "The Poor Teacher" and a depiction of himself carrying a painting away the museum on his back.
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
Praising Charles Robert Leslie's painting "A Scene from the Vicar of Wakefield," on view at the Royal Academy; discussing Richard Redgrave's painting "The Poor Teacher."
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