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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from New York, with Essays and a Photograph
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from New York, with Essays and a Photograph

correspondent (Hull, England, 1869 - 1939, London)
Date3 November 1922
Place MadeNew York City, New York, United States, North America
MediumTypewritten ink and handwritten graphite on paper, with a gelatin silver print
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.001372
eMuseum ID728499
Other NumberU33s206.1-3
EmbARK ObjectID28094
TMS Source ID11686
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web 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.
MarksNotesSigned in ink (recto, page 2, lower right): Joseph Duveen
Inscribed in graphite (verso, page 2, upper center): Dear Sir Joseph / I am much obli 2 y for y letter (sic), / but at present it is impossible for / me 2 think of purchasing anything / I am sorry 2 have 2 say this