BIB_ID
284929
Accession number
MA 2878.10
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
1886 July 23.
Credit line
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm
Notes
Includes Dodgson's correspondence number (54472).
Part of a collection of 70 letters from Lewis Carroll to Harry Furniss; the letters are described individually (MA 2878.1-70).
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
Noting that he is ready for "about 3 months of steady work"; describing material he can send Furniss for illustration; expressing his hope that once he gets the book [Sylvie and Bruno] into "sufficient form for illustratration," Furniss will "decline any new work" and "give to this book whatever time [he] can spare from Punch."
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