BIB_ID
284932
Accession number
MA 2878.11
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
1886 Aug. 25.
Credit line
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 15.9 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
Discussing how to depict a spider to elicit sympathy for the spider in Sylvie and Bruno; voicing his opinion that "there is no necessity for being so entomologically accurate," and "a creature, mostly human, but suggestive of a spidery nature, would be quite accurate enough."
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