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Harry Furniss
1854-1925
He thought he saw a coach and four ...
India ink on illustration board.
5 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches (140 x 114 mm)
Gift of John Hay Whitney.
1983.102:2
Notes:
One of 25 drawings preparatory for illustrations to Lewis Carroll's "Sylvie and Bruno" and "Sylvie and Bruno Concluded".
Lewis Carroll, "Sylvie and Bruno", v. 1, p. 117.
Inscription:
Inscribed on mount, "He thought he saw a Coach-and-four/ That stood beside his bed/ He looked again, and found it was/ A bear without a Head/ 'Poor thing', he said, 'poor silly thing!/ It's waiting to be fed!'"
Provenance:
John Hay Whitney, New York.
Associated names:
Whitney, John Hay, former owner.
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Sylvie and Bruno.
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