Object details

Object number

ARC.000100

Creator(s)

Wilhelm Amelung (born 1873)

Title

Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from 27 Via Andrea Cesalpino, Rome

Date

16 July 1923

Medium

Ink on paper

Language

German

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Dictated by Isabella Stewart Gardner, inscribed by Morris Carter (verso, top): Do nothing yet, as a permit has not / been got, and it would be awkward
Dictated by Isabella Stewart Gardner, inscribed by Morris Carter (verso, middle): Dear B.B. / The statue now in Rome, / waiting for export has not got a / permission. What can I do abt / it? Best love 2 both

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