BIB_ID
284928
Accession number
MA 2878.9
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
1886 Apr. 21.
Credit line
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 15.2 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
Suggesting that he could return from a trip to Guildford via London if Furniss "think[s] it desirable to have an interview" about Sylvie and Bruno; sending photographs of a girl whose face might work for Sylvie in their book; noting that he "mean[s] Sylvie to be a child capable of being 'put out' a little now & then."
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