Portion of an autograph letter : Eastbourne, to Harry Furniss, 1889 Oct. 1.

Record ID: 
285142
Accession number: 
MA 2878.44
Author: 
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Credit: 
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description: 
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes: 

The letter is incomplete.
Part of a collection of 70 letters from Lewis Carroll to Harry Furniss; the letters are described individually (MA 2878.1-70).

Summary: 

Noting that "there is evidently no danger at all that the shortness of the time, and the sense of hurry which that might produce, will cause any falling-off in the artistic finish of [Furniss's] work" for Sylvie and Bruno; returning one picture to ask him to "put a line round it" and "fill in the corners."

Provenance: 
Purchased by John Hay Whitney at the Lois C. Levison sale (American Art Association, New York, 12-13 May 1930).