BIB_ID
285221
Accession number
MA 2878.68
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
1893 Oct. 12.
Credit line
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 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
Noting that his feelings "on looking through the 6 drawings [for Sylvie and Bruno concluded] are of unmixed delight"; praising the "Little Birds" pictures; asking him to put more clothing on Sylvie in one drawing; inquiring about whether he made the drawing "from the life" and if he may have the name and address of the model.
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