Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Portion of an autograph letter signed C.L. Dodgson : place not specified, to Harry Furniss, [1893?].

BIB_ID
285223
Accession number
MA 2878.70
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
[1893?].
Credit line
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.5 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 70 letters from Lewis Carroll to Harry Furniss; the letters are described individually (MA 2878.1-70).
This appears to be the end of a much longer letter.
Provenance
Purchased by John Hay Whitney at the Lois C. Levison sale (American Art Association, New York, 12-13 May 1930).
Summary
Discussing several specific pictures from Sylvie and Bruno concluded; hoping that he has "not so expressed [himself] as to cause needless annoyance to [his] artist"; admiring Furniss's pictures of Sylvie; noting that he is sending some drawings to [Joseph] Swain for engraving and working on completing the text of the book.