Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Boston
correspondent
William Sturgis Bigelow
(Boston, 1850 - 1926, Boston)
Date1 August 1902
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.000434
eMuseum ID726069
EmbARK ObjectID27160
Other Numberv.1.a.1.7.x
TMS Source ID10759
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.
MarksNotesStationery printed: 60 Beacon Street.
Newspaper clipping (pasted on first page, center): Florida Times-Union and Citizen: The / Boston woman who is getting columns / upon columns of free advertisements out / of her love for privacy is a genius in her / way.
Newspaper clipping (pasted on first page, center): Art Criticism. / So much has been said about Lady / Lennox apparel that we may be permit- / ted to remark that her gray matinee / gown is too narrow across the back and / too full uder the arms. This may be / all right in England, but it won't go / here. - Chicago Tribune.
Newspaper clipping (pasted on first page, center): Florida Times-Union and Citizen: The / Boston woman who is getting columns / upon columns of free advertisements out / of her love for privacy is a genius in her / way.
Newspaper clipping (pasted on first page, center): Art Criticism. / So much has been said about Lady / Lennox apparel that we may be permit- / ted to remark that her gray matinee / gown is too narrow across the back and / too full uder the arms. This may be / all right in England, but it won't go / here. - Chicago Tribune.
