To
Francis E. Bliss
15 June 1879 • Paris, France (MS, in pencil: Sotheby’s, New York,
December 1993, UCCL 01670)
15 June 1879 • Paris, France (MS, in pencil: Sotheby’s, New York,
December 1993, UCCL 01670)
Paris, June 15.
My Dear Frank—
I think I wouldn’t use the picture which represents me lying on my back drinking from a bottle. It is not very well done, & there is no reference in the MS to that manner of “taking an observation.” I took it with a thermometer, not a bottle.
Yrs S L C
letter docketed:
S. L. Clemens | June 15.79
MS, in pencil, collection of Robert Daley, seen at Sotheby’s, New York, while awaiting sale in December 1993.
Sotheby’s catalog, 10–11 December 1993, no. 6515, lot 214, partial publication; MicroPUL, reel 1.
Offered for sale by Sotheby’s in December 1993.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.