BIB_ID
436574
Accession number
MA 3315.63
Creator
Doyle, Henry Edward, 1827-1892, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 September 3.
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 ; 22.5 x 18.6 cm
Notes
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Dated "Sunday September 3 1843."
Illustrated on page 1 with the Marquess of Londenderry's review; illustrated at the bottom of page 1 with the Duke of Cambridge and Baron Knesback (?) galloping out of the park; illustrated on page 2 with a line of personages as they appeared on the Queen's birthday at the review in St. James's Park; illustrated on page 3 with the return of Prince Albert to Buckingham Palace after the same review; illustrated on page 4 with a light sketch of a headless man.
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.
Dated "Sunday September 3 1843."
Illustrated on page 1 with the Marquess of Londenderry's review; illustrated at the bottom of page 1 with the Duke of Cambridge and Baron Knesback (?) galloping out of the park; illustrated on page 2 with a line of personages as they appeared on the Queen's birthday at the review in St. James's Park; illustrated on page 3 with the return of Prince Albert to Buckingham Palace after the same review; illustrated on page 4 with a light sketch of a headless man.
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
Saying that he started the drawings on this letter a while ago but didn't finish them until now; describing the subject of the illustrations on each page; mentioing that the Doyle siblings had gone to see Father Mathew on Wednesday.
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