BIB_ID
436577
Accession number
MA 3315.66
Creator
Doyle, Henry Edward, 1827-1892, sender.
Display Date
London, England, after April 1843.
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 ; 23 x 18.3 cm
Notes
Location inferred from contents of the letter.
Based on a reference in the letter to the death of the Duke of Sussex, it must have been written after April 1843.
Illustrated on pp. 1-3 with scenes described 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.
Based on a reference in the letter to the death of the Duke of Sussex, it must have been written after April 1843.
Illustrated on pp. 1-3 with scenes described 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
Saying that, on his way to see the orations by the "blue coat school boys" who would be attending Cambridge, he saw the Queen and her escort proceeding to Windsor; describing the orations, given in Latin, Greek, French, and English, and the ceremony as a whole.
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