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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Forged Letter from Lord Byron to Percy Bysshe Shelley
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Forged Letter from Lord Byron to Percy Bysshe Shelley

correspondent (1810 - 1882, New York City)
subject (Horsham, 1792 - 1822, near Viareggio)
subject (London, 1788 - 1824, Missolonghi, Greece)
Date19th century
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.008147
eMuseum ID722460
Other NumberU27e766
EmbARK ObjectID33912
TMS Source ID17390
Last Updated8/14/24
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.
ProvenanceNotesGift of Ellen Twistleton Bullard (1865-1959) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, Boston on 17 July 1922 in memory of her cousin, print collector Francis Bullard (1862-1913).