Portion of an autograph letter : Eastbourne, to Harry Furniss, 1889 Sept. 3.
Record ID:
285115
Accession number:
MA 2878.37
Credit:
Gift of John Hay Whitney, 1971.
Description:
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes:
The letter is incomplete and thus not signed.
Part of a collection of 70 letters from Lewis Carroll to Harry Furniss; the letters are described individually (MA 2878.1-70).
Summary:
Encouraging Furniss to "send heads of Sylvie, before doing the rest of the picture" and offering to pay the postage for this plan; noting that Sylvie and Bruno currently has 28 pictures and he would like it to have 40, even if he needs to delay publication; discussing specific illustrations.
Provenance:
Purchased by John Hay Whitney at the Lois C. Levison sale (American Art Association, New York, 12-13 May 1930).
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