BIB_ID
284919
Accession number
MA 2878.6
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
1885 May 6.
Credit line
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 15.8 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 70 letters from Lewis Carroll to Harry Furniss; the letters are described individually (MA 2878.1-70).
Provenance
Purchased by John Hay Whitney at the Lois C. Levison sale (American Art Association, New York, 12-13 May 1930).
Summary
Expressing his pleasure that the first drawing for Sylvie and Bruno is being engraved; agreeing with Furniss that they should wait until this drawing is "cranked off" to do more; noting that he plans to write out the whole book during his three months by the sea: "then, if I were to die, the book could still be brought out, and the children could read it."
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