Postcard to Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Atlantic Ocean
correspondent
Octavie Apthorp
(active Boston, about 1856 - about 1934)
Date6 June 1920
MediumInk on card stock
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.000301
eMuseum ID725930
EmbARK ObjectID27029
TMS Source ID10628
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (upper left): Mrs. Apthorp
Inscribed in pencil (lower right): Apthorp
Postcard printed (recto, bottom): Inferno - Canto 1. / Nel Mezzo del Cammin Nostra Vita / mi Ritarovai per una selva oscura...
Postcard printed (recto, bottom): Purgatorio - Canto II. / Da Poppa Stava il Celestial Nocchiero / Tal Che Parea Beato per Iscritto.
Inscribed in pencil (lower right): Apthorp
Postcard printed (recto, bottom): Inferno - Canto 1. / Nel Mezzo del Cammin Nostra Vita / mi Ritarovai per una selva oscura...
Postcard printed (recto, bottom): Purgatorio - Canto II. / Da Poppa Stava il Celestial Nocchiero / Tal Che Parea Beato per Iscritto.
Octavie Apthorp
25 February 1913
William Foster Apthorp
2 January 1903
William Foster Apthorp
11 March 1911