Visiting Card from Boston
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Robert Parkman Blake
(Boston, 1870 - 1914)
Date1903-1914
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumHandwritten and printed ink on paper
ClassificationsArchival Material
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.008276
eMuseum ID718233
EmbARK ObjectID34034
Other Numberv.2.b.3.15.x
TMS Source ID17495
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.
MarksNotesInscribed in pen (on recto, above printed name): Dear Mrs. Gardner / This is the bit - O - Irish I spoke of. / yrs RPB.
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection between 1903 and 1914. Enclosed in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch by Alice Caldwell Hegan, 1903 (v.2.b.3.15).
William Payne Blake
25 September 1921
Dorothy Whitney Straight
18 August 1921
