Visiting Card from Gloucester
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Henry Davis Sleeper
(Boston, 1878 - 1934, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Date1915-1916
Place MadeGloucester, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumHandwritten and printed ink on card
ClassificationsArchival Material
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.005012
eMuseum ID723934
EmbARK ObjectID30936
Other Numberv.2.a.8.26.x
TMS Source ID14516
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.
MarksNotesHandwritten in ink (on recto): Dear Y. L.B. wanted to write / something under his picture which / is enclosed. But I can't wait / longer for his presence - Please / let him add it when I come / to see you one evening here - / I wish I could see / you and tell you details of what
Handwritten in ink (on verso): I have concern for his health / My love to you. / H.D.S.
Handwritten in ink (on verso): I have concern for his health / My love to you. / H.D.S.
ProvenanceNotesGiven to Isabella Stewart Gardner by the American decorator Henry Davis Sleeper (1878-1934), 1915-1916. Enclosed in With the American Ambulance Field Service in France by Leslie Buswell, 1916 (v.2.a.8.26).
