Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Cochin the Cat
correspondent
Dodge MacKnight
(American, 1860 - 1950)
Date1913
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.004311
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThis comical letter is written from the point-of-view of Cochin, a small white cat that Isabella Stewart Gardner initially gifted to Okakura Kakuzo. When Okakura returned to Japan in 1911, he was unable to take the cat with him, and left it in the care of artist Dodge Macknight (1860–1950). In this letter, Cochin the cat describes its new home to Isabella, and thanks her for finding a new owner who could provide “such a nice home where I get real things to eat instead of horrible canned goods,” and implores her to visit the pair.
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Last Updated8/9/24
EmbARK ObjectID30268
Other NumberU27e413
Source ID13850
