Autograph letter signed C.L. Dodgson : Christ Church, Oxford, to Harry Furniss, 1893 May 17.

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Autograph letter signed C.L. Dodgson : Christ Church, Oxford, to Harry Furniss, 1893 May 17.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/425686405

Asking Furniss to change Lady Muriel's mouth and sleeves in an illustration for Sylvie and Bruno concluded; noting that he thinks "these high-shouldered sleeves are the worst things invented for ladies in our time" except the "unapproachable ugliness of crinoline"; reporting that [Joseph] Swain is "hard at work cutting" the engravings for the book.

1 item (3 p.) ; 18.1 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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