Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from New York with Dictated Response
correspondent
John Philipps
(active early 20th century)
Date24 November 1921
Place MadeNew York City, New York, United States, North America
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.004599
eMuseum ID725467
EmbARK ObjectID30535
TMS Source ID14115
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: [insignia] Prince George Hotel / Fifth Avenue & 28th Street
Inscribed in pencil (bottom left): John / Philipps
Inscribed in pencil (verso): yr quite right that it / put me in an embarassed / situation par / ticularly as I did not feel / able in any way to own any / of the pictures of Prof. Nikisch / I felt at the time & still do / that it is impossible for me 2 / accept them on any terms / even partly paying the price. / With every good wish for y / success, I feel obliged 2 / return the picture 2 y / I am sending it by registered mail.
Inscribed in pencil (bottom left): John / Philipps
Inscribed in pencil (verso): yr quite right that it / put me in an embarassed / situation par / ticularly as I did not feel / able in any way to own any / of the pictures of Prof. Nikisch / I felt at the time & still do / that it is impossible for me 2 / accept them on any terms / even partly paying the price. / With every good wish for y / success, I feel obliged 2 / return the picture 2 y / I am sending it by registered mail.
Walter P. Fearon
26 March 1921
H. Gardner Deveraux Gordon
19 May 1924
William Allerton
24 February 1922
William Allerton
27 February 1922
Olga Eliza Gardner Monks
1921-1922
William Crowninshield Endicott, Jr.
6 January 1922
George Peabody Gardner, Jr.
17 December 1921
