Harry Furniss

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Harry Furniss
1854-1925
Furious Wild Beast ...
India ink on illustration board.
7 1/8 x 8 inches (180 x 205 mm)
Gift of John Hay Whitney.
1983.102:25
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. 388.

Inscription: 

Inscribed on mount, "We had a glimpse ... of a head of a furious wild beast/ With great fiery eyes and gnashing teeth. Its voice was a/ sort of mixture-there was the roaring of a lion, the bellowing/ of a bull, and now and then a scream like a gigantic parrot./ 'There's no judging by the voice!' the Professor cried in great excitement".

Provenance: 
John Hay Whitney, New York.
Associated names: 

Whitney, John Hay, former owner.
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Sylvie and Bruno concluded.

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