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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Note on Visiting Card to Isabella Stewart Gardner from New York with Wrapper from Enclosed Tea
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Note on Visiting Card to Isabella Stewart Gardner from New York with Wrapper from Enclosed Tea

correspondent (Teignmouth, 1867 - 1931, London)
Dateabout 1918
Place MadeNew York City, New York, United States, North America
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.009002
eMuseum ID726719
EmbARK ObjectID34690
TMS Source ID18146
Last Updated8/9/24
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.
MarksNotesHandwritten in ink: Dear Mrs. Gardner As you/ appreciate China tea, I send / you some from Foo Chow / If my sister's kind + send me a cas in the / Spring, I will hope to send / you more this / tea
Handwritten in ink (verso): is quite fresh + will I / think prove better than the / last wh. belonged to / a bad year's crop./ With best wishes for / the year on from us / both.