Poem: The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers
author
Felicia Hemans
(Liverpool, 1793 - 1835, Dublin)
recipient
Andrews Norton
(Hingham, Massachusetts, 1786 - 1853, Newport, Rhode Island)
Date8 October 1825
Place MadeSaint Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales, Europe
MediumInk on paper with wax seal
Dimensions33 x 20.1 cm (13 x 7 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.005169
eMuseum ID720428
EmbARK ObjectID31092
Other NumberU3s350
TMS Source ID14670
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.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the scholar and critic Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908), Cambridge on 13 November 1902 for $1500 for a group of three manuscripts and an accompanying letter (ARC.005208, ARC.001493, ARC.005169, ARC.009209).
Margaret P. Stewart
January 1920
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
26 February 1839