Object details
Accession number
ARC.001415
Primary Creator
T. S. Eliot
(Saint Louis, 1888 - 1965, London)
Full title
Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from 3 Compayne Gardens, London N.W.
Creation Date
7 November 1915
Object Case
Berenson Case
Language
English
Dimensions
17.75 x 22.5 cm (7 x 8 7/8 in.)
Display Media
Ink on paper
Web Commentary
In this letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner, the renowned Modernist poet T. S. Eliot seeks news of their mutual friend Matthew Stewart Prichard, a former administrator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, who was imprisoned by the German government during World War I. The letter describes his desire to “express myself through literary channels” instead of through teaching, which he found to be “deadening.” Eliot received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948.
Permanent Gallery Location
Blue Room
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