BIB_ID
436589
Accession number
MA 3315.78
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, with address) : color illustrations ; 22.6 x 18.7 cm
Notes
Location and date of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
Illustrated on page 1 with a self-portrait; illustrated on page 1 with a man in a hat surrounded by dogs; illustrated in color on page 2 with: a man in a kilt, an upside down man in a green cloak, a knight in armor jumping with his legs bent underneath him, a woman leading a man in a white cloak, a judge in robes with wings holding up a rolled document, a man on the ground peering into a hole, a man in a hat with feathers and a waistcoat jumping with his legs underneath him, a man in a brown suit jumping with his legs forward, and a man in a red and green outfit with a large head walking; illustrated at the top of page 3 with a black dog; illustrated on page 3 with a puma in a tree.
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 a self-portrait; illustrated on page 1 with a man in a hat surrounded by dogs; illustrated in color on page 2 with: a man in a kilt, an upside down man in a green cloak, a knight in armor jumping with his legs bent underneath him, a woman leading a man in a white cloak, a judge in robes with wings holding up a rolled document, a man on the ground peering into a hole, a man in a hat with feathers and a waistcoat jumping with his legs underneath him, a man in a brown suit jumping with his legs forward, and a man in a red and green outfit with a large head walking; illustrated at the top of page 3 with a black dog; illustrated on page 3 with a puma in a tree.
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
Describing the sunrise; in a long postscript, recounting an anecdote about a pair of hunters in the Catskill Mountains who encountered a puma.
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