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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner and Letter to John Singer Sargent from Gordon Fairchild
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner and Letter to John Singer Sargent from Gordon Fairchild

correspondent (Florence, 1856 - 1925, London)
Date20 August 1916
Place MadeBritish Columbia, Canada, North America
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.004825
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner and painter John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) were close friends for decades. The two exchanged many letters, and almost two hundred of Sargent’s letters are preserved in the Museum archives. In this letter from the summer of 1916, Sargent writes from “Camping Somewhere in the Yoho Valley, British Columbia” where he was on one of his habitual sketching trips. Despite his remote location in the Canadian wilderness, Sargent dedicates most of this letter to a single subject: flamenco records that he suggests Gardner purchase.
Id727359
Last Updated8/9/24
Other NumberU27w311
EmbARK ObjectID30752
Source ID14332