BIB_ID
193966
Accession number
MA 8952
Creator
Tenniel, John, 1820-1914.
Display Date
1866 July 9.
Credit line
Gift of Dorette Kruse Fleischmann, 1986.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.8 x 11.4
Notes
On mourning stationery with a pen and ink illustration of a man dressed in shorts, with a full beard, looking upward and balancing two very large books on his nose. The books are titled on the spine as "Day Book" and "Ledger".
Written from "10 Portsdown Road."
Written from "10 Portsdown Road."
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Julius Fleischmann, Jr., 1986.
Summary
Submitting his accounts and saying "My dear Fred / To assist you in the acrobatic operation of balancing your books, I herewith send you that memorandum of acct. / Yours always sincerely / J. Tenniel."
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