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Harry Furniss
1854-1925
Little Birds are Writing ...
India ink on illustration board.
9 1/6 x 6 1/4 inches (242 x 157 mm)
Gift of John Hay Whitney.
1983.102:18
Inscription:
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".
Provenance:
John Hay Whitney, New York.
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.
Associated names:
Whitney, John Hay, former owner.
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Sylvie and Bruno concluded.
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