Take Fortune Whatever You Choose
author
Unknown
Dateabout 1907
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumHandwritten ink on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.007796
eMuseum ID721985
Other Numberv.1.b.4.21.x
EmbARK ObjectID33573
TMS Source ID17055
Last Updated8/14/24
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.
MarksNotesInscribed in ink (on recto): Take fortune whatever / you choose / you gave + 'way / take again - / I have nothing it would / pain me to lose / [It crossed out] I own no more / castles in Spain
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date. Enclosed in Isabella Stewart Gardner's Guest Book, Volume X, 1909-1910 (v.1.b.4.21).
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