Letter to Felicia Hemans from Cambridge, Massachusetts
correspondent
Andrews Norton
(Hingham, Massachusetts, 1786 - 1853, Newport, Rhode Island)
recipient
Felicia Hemans
(Liverpool, 1793 - 1835, Dublin)
Date31 January 1826
Place MadeCambridge, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumHandwritten ink on paper
Dimensions34 x 23 cm (13 3/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.001493
eMuseum ID721632
EmbARK ObjectID28213
Other NumberU3s157
TMS Source ID11805
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 (on recto, upper right): Recd April 8th
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the scholar and critic Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908), Cambridge on 13 November 1902 for $1500 for a group of three manuscripts and an accompanying letter (ARC.005208, ARC.001493, ARC.005169, ARC.009209).
