BIB_ID
285167
Accession number
MA 2878.50
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
1889 Oct. 29.
Credit line
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description
1 item (3 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).
Provenance
Purchased by John Hay Whitney at the Lois C. Levison sale (American Art Association, New York, 12-13 May 1930).
Summary
Telling Furniss how much he admires a drawing he sent: "it's the greatest success ... of all your 'Sylvie and Bruno' pictures"; proposing that they omit some of the background foliage so the picture can be as large as possible.
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