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.
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.
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