BIB_ID
285084
Accession number
MA 2878.27
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
1887 Aug. 30.
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
Giving details about how the border and the text should be laid out in his poem; noting that he is thinking of omitting the "weakest two of the 11 stanzas"; asking Furniss to arrange the stanzas of the poem according to their "suitability for effective pictures."
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