Letter of Acknowledgment from Gardiner Martin Lane to Isabella Stewart Gardner
author
The Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
(established 1870)
author
Gardiner Martin Lane
(Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1859 - 1914, Boston, Massachusetts)
recipient
Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
subject
Albrecht Dürer
(Nuremberg, 1471 - 1528, Nuremberg)
Date14 November 1907
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumPrinted ink on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.008699
eMuseum ID730926
EmbARK ObjectID34427
TMS Source ID17886
Last Updated8/9/24
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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 accept the gift of / Albrecht Dürer's sämmtliche kupferstiche. / 2 vols. By W. Lübke. 2d Ed. Nürnberg, n.d. / offered to the Library of the Museum by / Mrs. John L. Gardner, / Boston. / Gardiner Martin Lane / President. / Boston. November 14, 1907. / Placed in the Library / Morris Carter. Librarian.
Printed and handwritten in ink (below seal): The Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts / gratefully accept the gift of / Albrecht Dürer's sämmtliche kupferstiche. / 2 vols. By W. Lübke. 2d Ed. Nürnberg, n.d. / offered to the Library of the Museum by / Mrs. John L. Gardner, / Boston. / Gardiner Martin Lane / President. / Boston. November 14, 1907. / Placed in the Library / Morris Carter. Librarian.
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