Portion of an autograph letter : Christ Church, Oxford, to Harry Furniss, 1885 Mar. 9.

Record ID: 
284911
Accession number: 
MA 2878.1
Author: 
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Credit: 
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description: 
1 item (1 p.) ; 20.9 cm
Notes: 

The letter is incomplete.
Includes Dodgson's correspondence number (49627).
Part of a collection of 70 letters from Lewis Carroll to Harry Furniss; the letters are described individually (MA 2878.1-70).

Summary: 

Describing how they can use a combination of pencil drawings and photographing on wood for the illustrations [for Sylvie and Bruno]; noting that he has "a considerable mass of chaotic materials for a story."

Provenance: 
Purchased by John Hay Whitney at the Lois C. Levison sale (American Art Association, New York, 12-13 May 1930).