BIB_ID
285127
Accession number
MA 2878.38
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
1889 Sept. 16.
Credit line
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 28.9 and 19.6 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.
The letter is incomplete.
Provenance
Purchased by John Hay Whitney at the Lois C. Levison sale (American Art Association, New York, 12-13 May 1930).
Summary
Commenting on a number of Furniss's sketches for the illustrations in Sylvie and Bruno; noting that he would like a serious frontispiece since "there will be a good deal of serious writing in the book."
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