BIB_ID
285115
Accession number
MA 2878.37
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
1889 Sept. 3.
Credit line
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 70 letters from Lewis Carroll to Harry Furniss; the letters are described individually (MA 2878.1-70).
The letter is incomplete and thus not signed.
The letter is incomplete and thus not signed.
Provenance
Purchased by John Hay Whitney at the Lois C. Levison sale (American Art Association, New York, 12-13 May 1930).
Summary
Encouraging Furniss to "send heads of Sylvie, before doing the rest of the picture" and offering to pay the postage for this plan; noting that Sylvie and Bruno currently has 28 pictures and he would like it to have 40, even if he needs to delay publication; discussing specific illustrations.
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