Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Algeciras, Spain
correspondent
Denman Waldo Ross
(Cincinnati, Ohio, 1853 - 1935, London)
Date10 June 1921
Place MadeAndalusia, Spain, Europe
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.005441
eMuseum ID729036
EmbARK ObjectID31354
Other NumberU27e555
TMS Source ID14929
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: Hotel Reina Cristina, / Algeciras, / Spain. / Telegraphic address: / "Cristina Gibraltar / or / "Cristina Algerciras" / Parcels: / "Hotel Reina Cristina / Gibraltar"
Marked in pencil (upper left corner): 40
Inscribed in pencil in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand (verso of envelope): I was as ever [happy] to get y letter / this a.m. Dear Dr. Ross. I rejoice for the [illegible] Hotel there in as all rejoice for the sea / for being what she is. I've / always known she was a none such / [illegible] a wonderful party [illegible] / crazy & [illegible] both how hear v.v. / giving thought. Thank the Lord you / getting all right which had / [illegible] written than / it [illegible]
Inscribed in pencil in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand (recto of envelope): but with / [illegible] thunder storms / I am picking up after a setback / but I can't really [illegible] / cloister [illegible] -
Marked in pencil (upper left corner): 40
Inscribed in pencil in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand (verso of envelope): I was as ever [happy] to get y letter / this a.m. Dear Dr. Ross. I rejoice for the [illegible] Hotel there in as all rejoice for the sea / for being what she is. I've / always known she was a none such / [illegible] a wonderful party [illegible] / crazy & [illegible] both how hear v.v. / giving thought. Thank the Lord you / getting all right which had / [illegible] written than / it [illegible]
Inscribed in pencil in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand (recto of envelope): but with / [illegible] thunder storms / I am picking up after a setback / but I can't really [illegible] / cloister [illegible] -
