Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Boston
correspondent
Lady Gregory
(Roxborough, Ireland, 1852 - 1932, Coole, Ireland)
Date11 October 1911
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.001959
eMuseum ID720842
Other Number9.b.1.27.x
EmbARK ObjectID28672
TMS Source ID12263
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThis letter is one of sixteen from Augusta Gregory, also known as “Lady Gregory,” who was an Irish dramatist, folklorist, and theatre manager. Lady Gregory and Isabella shared a love of the stage and probably met at one of Gregory’s productions in Boston. Isabella kept her friend’s letters tucked inside books related to Irish literature in the Macknight Room. In this particular letter, Lady Gregory mentioned that she was grateful to meet Isabella while visiting Boston. Isabella kept the letter in a book of Celtic mythology Gods and Fighting Men translated by Lady Gregory.
BibliographyNotesMackenzie Ensley, “Lady Augusta Gregory: One of Isabella's Pen Pals,” Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 6 September 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/lady-augusta-gregory-one-isabellas-pen-pals
MarksNotesStationery printed: Hotel Touraine, / Boston.
Inscribed in pencil (recto, upper left): 9.b.1.27
Inscribed in pencil (verso, bottom right): [Gregory]
Inscribed in pencil (recto, upper left): 9.b.1.27
Inscribed in pencil (verso, bottom right): [Gregory]
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