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Letter of Acknowledgment from William Crowninshield Endicott to John Lowell Gardner, Jr.

author The Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (established 1870)

author William Crowninshield Endicott, Jr. (Salem, Massachusetts, 1860 - 1936, Squam Lake, New Hampshire)

recipient John Lowell Gardner Jr. (Boston, 1837 - 1898, Boston)

subject Antonin Proust (French, 1832 - 1905)

Date20 April 1899

Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America

MediumPrinted ink on paper

ClassificationsManuscripts

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberARC.008695

eMuseum ID729834

EmbARK ObjectID34423

TMS Source ID17882

Last Updated8/9/24

Status

Not on view

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MarksNotesPrinted in ink (on seal): MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS / BOSTON MASS FOUNDED A.D. 1870 / INDUSTRY / ART / EDUCATION
Printed and handwritten in ink (below seal): The Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts / gratefully acknowledge the gift of / "Musée du Louvre": Les Maitres de la Peinture / École Moderne. Paris, 1898 - 1900. / Text by Antonin Proust. / made by / Mr. John L. Gardner, / Boston / to the Library of the Museum / William Endicott, President. / Boston, April 20, 1899. / Placed in the Library / Benjamin Ives Gilman Librarian