Object details

Accession number

ARC.004357

Primary Creator

Violet Paget (Château Saint-Leonard, France, 1856 - 1935, Florence)

Full title

Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Hotel Beau Rivage, Venice

Creation Date

21 September 1897

Object Case

Contemporary Authors Case

Language

English

Dimensions

18 x 22 cm (7 1/16 x 8 11/16 in.)

Display Media

Ink on paper

Web Commentary

Feminist author Violet Paget published under the pseudonym Vernon Lee and featured prominently in Isabella Stewart Gardner’s social circles in Italy. This letter to Gardner discusses the status of James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s Peacock Room, a dining room originally installed in a wealthy collector’s home in London and now displayed at the Freer Gallery in Washington, DC. Gardner herself briefly considered purchasing the Peacock Room and donating it for installation in the newly built Boston Public Library in Copley Square.

Permanent Gallery Location

Long Gallery

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