Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner with a Dictated Response from Newton, Massachusetts
correspondent
William Allerton
(American, active late 19th century - early 20th century)
Date24 February 1922
Place MadeNewton, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.003858
eMuseum ID720878
EmbARK ObjectID29874
TMS Source ID13460
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.
MarksNotesStationery printed: William Allerton / Preservation and Care of / Valuable Paintings / Newton Lower Falls, Mass.
Inscibed in pencil (verso, top): Mrs. G is not well eno to go down / & look at the pictures every day / & telephone - it is 2 much of a strain / & perhaps she had better get hold of / some one who can come & look / after them / WM 0646-M / Telephone Feb. 25, 1922.
Inscribed in ink (verso, center) in Morris Carter's hand:
Letter Feb. 25, 1922
Inscribed in pencil in Morris Carter's hand: Mrs. Gardner does not under / stand. This a.m. she was telephoning / 2 y & there was no answer altho / she feels sure you were there / at the time. It is impossible / in her state of health to constantly / xamine the pictures herself & telephone / 2 y if something is necessary 2 b done. / She perfectly understands if y [iileg.] not / well that y cannot have as active a / supervision as if y were strong & for / many yrs y were able to take proper / care. She thinks now it is / better for her 2 make some other / arrangement for her own comfort as she / is not at all well eno 2 have the anxiety / that lately she has been subjected 2. / She is writing y this 2 have y / understand her position & why some one must b put in charge who can constantly take it. This she wld have told y this morning but y did not listen.
Inscribed in pencil Morris Carter's hand (recto, upper margin): understand her position and why some / one [illeg.] must be in part in charge who can / constantly take it. This she [illeg.] have / told y this morning but y did not listen
Inscibed in pencil (verso, top): Mrs. G is not well eno to go down / & look at the pictures every day / & telephone - it is 2 much of a strain / & perhaps she had better get hold of / some one who can come & look / after them / WM 0646-M / Telephone Feb. 25, 1922.
Inscribed in ink (verso, center) in Morris Carter's hand:
Letter Feb. 25, 1922
Inscribed in pencil in Morris Carter's hand: Mrs. Gardner does not under / stand. This a.m. she was telephoning / 2 y & there was no answer altho / she feels sure you were there / at the time. It is impossible / in her state of health to constantly / xamine the pictures herself & telephone / 2 y if something is necessary 2 b done. / She perfectly understands if y [iileg.] not / well that y cannot have as active a / supervision as if y were strong & for / many yrs y were able to take proper / care. She thinks now it is / better for her 2 make some other / arrangement for her own comfort as she / is not at all well eno 2 have the anxiety / that lately she has been subjected 2. / She is writing y this 2 have y / understand her position & why some one must b put in charge who can constantly take it. This she wld have told y this morning but y did not listen.
Inscribed in pencil Morris Carter's hand (recto, upper margin): understand her position and why some / one [illeg.] must be in part in charge who can / constantly take it. This she [illeg.] have / told y this morning but y did not listen
William Allerton
27 February 1922
William Allerton
4 February 1920
William Allerton
late 19th century - early 20th century
