BIB_ID
373080
Accession number
MA 8625.2
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
Oxford, 1892 May 30.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 16 x 12.1 cm
Notes
Carroll gives the place of writing as "Ch. Ch. Oxford," using his characteristic abbreviation for Christ Church.
Written on a pre-stamped "letter card."
Address panel with postmarks: "H. Savile-Clarke, Esq. / Cleveland Lodge, / Westbourne Park, / London."
The letter previously accompanied a program for Savile Clarke's "Alice in wonderland : a dream play for children" (PML 352255).
This item is part of the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection. The large collection includes printed books, letters, manuscripts, puzzles and games, personal effects and ephemera, which have been cataloged separately.
The letter is signed C. L. Dodgson. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson adopted the pseudonym "Lewis Carroll" in 1856 when publishing a poem in "The Train." He used the pseudonym when publishing Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and other works, but wrote under his given name, Charles Dodgson, when publishing mathematical works and in daily life. For administrative purposes, all manuscripts are collated under the name Lewis Carroll.
Written on a pre-stamped "letter card."
Address panel with postmarks: "H. Savile-Clarke, Esq. / Cleveland Lodge, / Westbourne Park, / London."
The letter previously accompanied a program for Savile Clarke's "Alice in wonderland : a dream play for children" (PML 352255).
This item is part of the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection. The large collection includes printed books, letters, manuscripts, puzzles and games, personal effects and ephemera, which have been cataloged separately.
The letter is signed C. L. Dodgson. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson adopted the pseudonym "Lewis Carroll" in 1856 when publishing a poem in "The Train." He used the pseudonym when publishing Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and other works, but wrote under his given name, Charles Dodgson, when publishing mathematical works and in daily life. For administrative purposes, all manuscripts are collated under the name Lewis Carroll.
Provenance
From the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection; gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Summary
Asking him to send the name and address of the people who supplied the costumes for his Alice drama to an "S. Ball" at St. John's College, Oxford, as "they are getting up a live Chess-Match."
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