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Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner with Dictated Response from Newton, Massachusetts

correspondent William Allerton (American, active late 19th century - early 20th century)

Date27 February 1922

Place MadeNewton, Massachusetts, United States, North America

MediumInk on paper

ClassificationsManuscripts

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberARC.003859

eMuseum ID720904

EmbARK ObjectID29875

TMS Source ID13461

Last Updated8/9/24

Status

Not on view

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MarksNotesStationery printed: William Allerton / Preservation and Care of / Valuable Paintings / Newton Lower Falls, Mass.
Inscribed in ink in Morris Carter's hand (verso, top center): Mr. Allerton wishes to make
Inscribed in pencil in Morris Carter's hand (verso upper left): any communication to Mrs. Gardner / must be in writing as her / state of health does not admit / of her having an interview [illeg.] / she arrangement by which / Mr. Allerton took charge of her / pictures has ceased. Mrs. G / does not doubt that Mr. A. took / the best care of her pictures that / his health allowed but that / was not satisfactory & for the / future other arrangements / [illeg.] made