Letter and Clipping to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Gort, Ireland
correspondent
Lady Gregory
(Roxborough, Ireland, 1852 - 1932, Coole, Ireland)
Date14 February 1918
Place MadeGort, Galway, Ireland, Europe
MediumInk on card stock
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.001966
eMuseum ID720478
EmbARK ObjectID28679
TMS Source ID12270
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 shared the sad news that her son Robert Gregory died in combat in World War I and included a clipping of the obituary. Isabella, who also lost her only son, surely sympathized with her. The two women were close enough to confide in each other even through tragedies.
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: Coole Park, / Gort, / Co. Galway.
Inscribed in pencil (card recto and newsclipping backing, bottom right): [A. Gregory]
Inscribed in pencil (card recto and newsclipping backing, bottom right): [A. Gregory]
