BIB_ID
79936
Accession number
MA 2878.1-72
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
1885 March 9-1893 October 21.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description
72 items (245 pages, unbound) ; various sizes
Notes
15 letters are illustrated by Lewis Carroll; 15 letters are incomplete.
Includes a list of "Alterations to be made in paging" (1 p. on verso of pencilled "Axioms").
Some letters annotated by Furniss.
The manuscripts (MA 2878.71 and MA 2878.72) are housed separately.
Includes a list of "Alterations to be made in paging" (1 p. on verso of pencilled "Axioms").
Some letters annotated by Furniss.
The manuscripts (MA 2878.71 and MA 2878.72) are housed separately.
Provenance
Purchased by John Hay Whitney at the Lois C. Levison sale (American Art Association, New York, 12-13 May 1930).
Summary
A collection of 70 letters from Lewis Carroll to illustrator Harry Furniss and 2 autograph manuscripts of the poems "The gardener's song" and "Little birds are dining." The letters discuss in detail the composition and illustration of Sylvie and Bruno (1889) and Sylvie and Bruno concluded (1893). The items are described individually in 72 records (MA 2878.1-72).
Housed in
Blue cloth box (29.9 cm)
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