BIB_ID
436572
Accession number
MA 3315.61
Creator
Doyle, Henry Edward, 1827-1892, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 August 27.
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 ; 22.4 x 18.4 cm
Notes
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Illustrated on pp. 2-3 with depictions of the paintings referred to in the letter.
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 pp. 2-3 with depictions of the paintings referred to in the letter.
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
Commenting on the Art-Union exhibition of prize-winning pictures and saying this year's exhibition isn't as good as last year's; adding that he thinks Charles Landseer's painting is the best in the exhibition and discussing it in detail.
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