BIB_ID
436579
Accession number
MA 3315.68
Creator
Doyle, Henry Edward, 1827-1892, sender.
Display Date
London, England, between 1840 and 1845.
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 19 cm
Notes
Location and date of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Illustrated on page 1 with 2 stags fighting while 3 deer run to the left and 2 deer run to the right; illustrated on page 2 with 3 men sword fighting; illustrated at the bottom page 2 with one stag running off and the other chasing him, while deer in the background watch; illustrated on page 3 with the 2 stags out of breath and panting.
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 2 stags fighting while 3 deer run to the left and 2 deer run to the right; illustrated on page 2 with 3 men sword fighting; illustrated at the bottom page 2 with one stag running off and the other chasing him, while deer in the background watch; illustrated on page 3 with the 2 stags out of breath and panting.
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 about a fight between two stags that he witnessed in Greenwich Park.
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