BIB_ID
285200
Accession number
MA 2878.60
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
1893 May 17.
Credit line
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.1 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
Asking Furniss to change Lady Muriel's mouth and sleeves in an illustration for Sylvie and Bruno concluded; noting that he thinks "these high-shouldered sleeves are the worst things invented for ladies in our time" except the "unapproachable ugliness of crinoline"; reporting that [Joseph] Swain is "hard at work cutting" the engravings for the book.
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