Accession number
PML 352869
Published
Dublin : Messrs. Hudson of Carlisle, 1892.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Notes
"... issued in 1892 by Messrs. Jacob and Co., of Dublin, biscuit-makers ... Dodgson himself supervised it, and took 300 of the 50,000 produced ... The makers were Messrs. Hudson of Carlisle"--Cf. Williams, Madan, & Green.
"This is the tin LC gave Alice; Houghton bought it (Lot 197) in the Caryl Hargreaves sale (Sotheby's 22 July 1935)--his mother had died in 1934. Wells' bill including this & other items from that sale laid in the catalogue"--Houghton checklist.
"This is the tin LC gave Alice; Houghton bought it (Lot 197) in the Caryl Hargreaves sale (Sotheby's 22 July 1935)--his mother had died in 1934. Wells' bill including this & other items from that sale laid in the catalogue"--Houghton checklist.
Description
1 biscuit tin
Provenance
Alice Liddell Hargreaves; Caryl Hargreaves; from the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection.
Summary
Biscuit tin decorated in color with Tenniel's illustrations from "Through the looking-glass."
Classification
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Department