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Portion of an autograph letter signed C.L. Dodgson : Christ Church, Oxford, to Harry Furniss, 1887 Nov. 20.

BIB_ID
285109
Accession number
MA 2878.34
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
1887 Nov. 20.
Credit line
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description
1 item (4 p.) : ill. ; 21 cm
Notes
Includes a sketch on p. 2.
Includes Dodgson's correspondence number (59820).
Part of a collection of 70 letters from Lewis Carroll to Harry Furniss; the letters are described individually (MA 2878.1-70).
The letter is missing the fourth page.
Provenance
Purchased by John Hay Whitney at the Lois C. Levison sale (American Art Association, New York, 12-13 May 1930).
Summary
Commenting on four drawings Furniss has done for Sylvie and Bruno; suggesting changes to the drawings; noting that their "average pace hitherto has been 6 [drawings] a year, which would put the date for publishing on to 1894 or 1895."