BIB_ID
285082
Accession number
MA 2878.25
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
1887 Aug. 23.
Credit line
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description
1 item (4 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
Mentioning that he can describe the subject of the pictures he wants for Sylvie and Bruno even though the text to accompany them is not finished; noting that he wants to give Furniss "a clear and full idea of the dramatis personae" so he "may form [his] own conception of each."
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