BIB_ID
387088
Accession number
MA 3315.31
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 May 7.
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 18.9 cm
Notes
Illustrated on p. 1 with sketches of several people navigating winged flying machines; illustrated on p. 2-3 with sketches of people and processions.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
This letter was previously identified as MA 3315.30.
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.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
This letter was previously identified as MA 3315.30.
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
Concerning the remarkable invention of the "aereal navigation machine"; lamenting the delay in opening the exhibition at the Royal Academy; describing the funeral procession of the Duke of Sussex and its participants, including the Queen, Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, and members of the royal family; writing in detail about the crowds that gathered to see the procession.
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