Object details
Object number
ARC.000301
Creator(s)
Octavie Apthorp
(active Boston, about 1856 - about 1934)
Title
Postcard to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Aboard the S.S. Dante Aligheri, Atlantic Ocean
Date
6 June 1920
Medium
Ink on card stock
Language
English
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in pencil (upper left): Mrs. Apthorp
Inscribed in pencil (lower right): Apthorp
Postcard printed (recto, bottom): Inferno - Canto 1. / Nel Mezzo del Cammin Nostra Vita / mi Ritarovai per una selva oscura...
Postcard printed (recto, bottom): Purgatorio - Canto II. / Da Poppa Stava il Celestial Nocchiero / Tal Che Parea Beato per Iscritto.
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