Mr. Hosea Biglow to Mr. James T. Fields
poet
James Russell Lowell
(Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1819 - 1891, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
DateMarch 1865
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumHandwritten ink on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.001913
eMuseum ID717700
Other NumberU3s158
EmbARK ObjectID28627
TMS Source ID12218
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 graphite (on recto, page 1, upper right): March 1865
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).
James Russell Lowell
23 October 1885
James Russell Lowell
16 February 1888