BIB_ID
412946
Accession number
MA 6396.3
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
place not identified, 1879 July 1.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 10.0 x 15.3 cm
Notes
Mounted above a signed illustration by E. Gertrude Thomson of a young girl riding on the back of a large winged creature in flight with large wings and long tall ears; appearing to be one of the Christmas card illustrations referred to in Thomson's note on the verso. Housed with two additional signed illustrations that appear to be the other Christmas cards to which Thomson refers in her note relating to the three verses.
Written in purple ink.
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.
Written in purple ink.
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.
Provenance
From the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection; gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Summary
Being three two-line verses, with a note on the verso, in the autograph of E. G. Thomson, "Verses written for 3 of my Xmas Cards, (never published)."
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