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Portion of an autograph letter signed C.L. Dodgson : [Eastbourne], to Harry Furniss, [1885 Sept.?]

BIB_ID
284917
Accession number
MA 2878.5
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
[1885 Sept.?]
Credit line
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 20.8 cm
Notes
Annotated (by Furniss?) on the verso.
Includes Dodgson's correspondence number (51782) and the page number 2.
Part of a collection of 70 letters from Lewis Carroll to Harry Furniss; the letters are described individually (MA 2878.1-70).
The letter is missing the first page.
Provenance
Purchased by John Hay Whitney at the Lois C. Levison sale (American Art Association, New York, 12-13 May 1930).
Summary
Asking if he can find a picture of the face of a spider under a magnifying glass for an illustration of a spider in Sylvie and Bruno; noting that he is "willing to welcome a total change" in the illustrations if Furniss feels hampered by his suggestions; asking if he can "find a really pretty boy of 5 or 6 to make studies of his face."