BIB_ID
285128
Accession number
MA 2878.39
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
1889 Sept. 21.
Credit line
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description
1 item (8 p.) : ill. ; 17.9 cm
Notes
Includes a drawing of hare-bells on p. 4.
Part of a collection of 70 letters from Lewis Carroll to Harry Furniss; the letters are described individually (MA 2878.1-70).
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
Telling him that he thinks the picture of "Sylvie and dead hare" will be the chef d'oeuvre of his illustrations for the book; mentioning that he likes Bruno's face but wants him to be less "podgy" and more of a "little acrobat"; pointing out that he has drawn blue-bells rather than hare-bells; arguing that Bruno needs to be wearing more clothing. Dodgson ends by saying that he is "hoping very much that [Furniss] won't be annoyed with this letter."
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