Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Paris
correspondent
Cecilia Beaux
(Philadelphia, 1855 - 1942, Gloucester, Massachusetts)
Date4 September 1921
Place MadeParis, Ile-de-France, France, Europe
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.000359
eMuseum ID725759
EmbARK ObjectID27085
Other NumberU27e104
TMS Source ID10684
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.
MarksNotesDated in pencil (recto, upper right): 1921
Dated in pencil (recto of envelope, center): 1921
Inscribed in pencil in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand (verso of envelope): Dearest Ce ...I'm sitting in my little / garden big jar at the foot of the path, petunias / up and down either side, + really worrying / abt Theo. Dear + sweet + kindly to write to me / I wanted to hear abt the wedding but / I still couldn't bear it. Do come home, / let me hear all abt it from you what / will Theo do? (a blue jay is just taking / a bath.) I don't know what becomes of / Mary. Does she live over there? What / becomes of her horses here? I will only / thank y + send y my love until we meet / affy / Isabella
Dated in pencil (recto of envelope, center): 1921
Inscribed in pencil in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand (verso of envelope): Dearest Ce ...I'm sitting in my little / garden big jar at the foot of the path, petunias / up and down either side, + really worrying / abt Theo. Dear + sweet + kindly to write to me / I wanted to hear abt the wedding but / I still couldn't bear it. Do come home, / let me hear all abt it from you what / will Theo do? (a blue jay is just taking / a bath.) I don't know what becomes of / Mary. Does she live over there? What / becomes of her horses here? I will only / thank y + send y my love until we meet / affy / Isabella
