Object details

Accession number

ARC.000422

Primary Creator

William Sturgis Bigelow (Boston, 1850 - 1926, Boston)

Full title

Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from 60 Beacon Street, Boston

Creation Date

12 March 1895

Object Case

Presidents And Statesmen Case

Language

English

Marks

Stationery printed: 60 Beacon Street.
Marked in colored pencil on envelope (recto, center left): 37
Inscribed in ink on envelope (recto, top left): Grand Hotel / Rome
Inscribed in ink on envelope (recto, botton right): Baring Bros / London / England [crossed out]

Dimensions

20 x 25 cm (7 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.)

Display Media

Ink on paper

Web Commentary

Boston collectors swooned over Gardner’s new Botticelli. This letter from William Bigelow, a trustee at the Museum of Fine Arts, highlights the fierce competition for Italian paintings in Gilded Age America.

Permanent Gallery Location

Long Gallery

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