BIB_ID
285097
Accession number
MA 2878.31
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
1887 Sept. 3.
Credit line
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.7 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
Emphasizing that any difference between his idea of the characters in Sylvie and Bruno and Furniss's ilustration of them is his (Carroll's) fault for giving Furniss only incomplete "descriptions of their characters"; providing more information about three characters -- the doctor, the earl, and Lady Muriel.
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