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Autograph letter signed C.L. Dodgson : Christ Church, Oxford, to Harry Furniss, 1888 Mar. 29.

BIB_ID
285112
Accession number
MA 2878.35
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
1888 Mar. 29.
Credit line
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.2 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
Thanking him for the three pictures and the rough sketches; noting that he has an inflamed knee and would like Furniss to send back the summary as he expects to "have a good deal of leisure time" to copy it; congratulating Furniss on his success as a lecturer; asking him not to "do pictures on summary only" without having the actual text.