Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Boston
correspondent
Daniel Berkeley Updike
(Providence, Rhode Island, 1860 - 1941, Boston)
Date31 August 1920
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumTypewritten and printed ink on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.005765
eMuseum ID730453
EmbARK ObjectID31662
TMS Source ID15237
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.
MarksNotesPrinted in ink (on recto, upper center): D.B. UPDIKE THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS / NO. 232 SUMMER ST. BOSTON / D.B. UPDIKE JOHN BIANCHI / CABLE ADDRESS UPDIKE BOSTON / TELEPHONE MAIN 1922
Signed in ink (on recto, lower right): D.B. Updike
Inscribed in graphite (on recto, lower center, in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand): Dear M. U., / Please begin directly and make 5000 / as I first suggested. I suppose y[ou] never mean / to bring down y[our] price which I see is slightly / mounting. I do hope y[ou] have had a good rest + are better / Sincerely y[ou]rs / I.S. Gardner
Signed in ink (on recto, lower right): D.B. Updike
Inscribed in graphite (on recto, lower center, in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand): Dear M. U., / Please begin directly and make 5000 / as I first suggested. I suppose y[ou] never mean / to bring down y[our] price which I see is slightly / mounting. I do hope y[ou] have had a good rest + are better / Sincerely y[ou]rs / I.S. Gardner
Charles Paget Fitzhardinge Berkeley
4 April 1897