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Portion of an autograph letter signed C.L. Dodgson : Eastbourne, to Harry Furniss, 1893 Sept. 30.

BIB_ID
285218
Accession number
MA 2878.66
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
1893 Sept. 30.
Credit line
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description
1 item (13 p.) : ill. ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Includes proposed illustrations for Sylvie and Bruno concluded on p. 6 and 9.
Part of a collection of 70 letters from Lewis Carroll to Harry Furniss; the letters are described individually (MA 2878.1-70).
This was probably a 15-page letter; pages 3 and 4 are now missing.
Provenance
Purchased by John Hay Whitney at the Lois C. Levison sale (American Art Association, New York, 12-13 May 1930).
Summary
Thanking him for giving to the book [Sylvie and Bruno concluded] "thought and pains, far beyond what any legal contract could exact"; discussing Furniss's finished drawings and rough sketches; complaining about an illustration where Sylvie is shown wearing high heels.