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Harry Furniss
1854-1925
Little Birds are Writing ...
9 1/6 x 6 1/4 inches (242 x 157 mm)
India ink on illustration board.
1983.102:18
Gift of John Hay Whitney.
Notes
One of 25 drawings preparatory for illustrations to Lewis Carroll's "Sylvie and Bruno" and "Sylvie and Bruno Concluded".
Lewis Carroll, "Sylvie and Bruno Concluded", v. 2, p. 365.
Lewis Carroll, "Sylvie and Bruno Concluded", v. 2, p. 365.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on mount, "Little birds are feeding/ Justices with jam/ Rich in frizzled ham:/ Rich I say, in oysters/ Haunting shady cloisters--/ That is what I am".
Associated names
Whitney, John Hay, former owner.
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Sylvie and Bruno concluded.
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Sylvie and Bruno concluded.
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Century Drawings
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