BIB_ID
436588
Accession number
MA 3315.77
Creator
Doyle, Charles Altamont, 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) : illustrations ; 22.7 x 18.6 cm
Notes
Location and date of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Illustrated on page 1 with sheep being washed; illustrated at the bottom of page 1 with sheep being sheared; illustrated on page 2 with a sheep in a full coat and a sheep recently sheared; illustrated on page 2 with 3 men catching sheep and falling over the ram; illustrated on page 2 with a dog licking his master's face while he lies on the ground; illustrated on page 3 with a horse kicking and Charles Dalbiac being thrown from his horse; illustrated at the bottom of page 3 with an army on horseback.
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 sheep being washed; illustrated at the bottom of page 1 with sheep being sheared; illustrated on page 2 with a sheep in a full coat and a sheep recently sheared; illustrated on page 2 with 3 men catching sheep and falling over the ram; illustrated on page 2 with a dog licking his master's face while he lies on the ground; illustrated on page 3 with a horse kicking and Charles Dalbiac being thrown from his horse; illustrated at the bottom of page 3 with an army on horseback.
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
Reporting that he recently saw picturesque scenes of sheep washing and sheep shearing; talking about the sheep before and after they were sheared; writing about the catching of a ram; adding that he has just returned from the review where he was very close to the queen and the prince of Wales; saying that he saw Charles Dalbiac thrown from his horse.
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