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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Letter to Unknown Person from A Brienne, France
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Letter to Unknown Person from A Brienne, France

correspondent (Genève, 1712 - 1778, Ermenonville)
Date27 August 1763
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.006406
eMuseum ID723043
EmbARK ObjectID32256
Other NumberU27e224
TMS Source ID15826
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web 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.
BibliographyNotesHart, Gerald E. 1849-1936. Catalogue of the Library: Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Maps And Prints Forming the Collection of Gerald E. Hart, Esq., of Montreal. Boston: C.S. Libbie jr., printer, 1890, p..283.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (center right): Letter by J.J. Rousseau
Marked in pencil (recto, upper right corner): $35.00
Marked in ink (recto, upper left corner): No 41.
ProvenanceNotesCollection of author and collector Gerald E. Hart (1849-1936), Montreal.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hart sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston for $35 on 19 April 1890, lot 2908.