Object details
Object number
ARC.001093
Creator(s)
Title
Letter to John Lowell Gardner, Jr. from Palazzo Barbaro, Venice, Italy with Enclosed Letter From Russell Gray
Date
2 November 1889
Medium
Ink on paper
Language
English
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Stationery printed: Palazzo Barbaro / Venezia.
Dated in pencil (upper left): /89
Marked in pencil (upper right): 9.c / 2.15
Inscribed in pencil (bottom): Ariana Curtis
Inscribed in pencil (bottom): Curtis
Inscribed in pencil (upper right): Enc. in letter from / Ariana Curtis 1889. / Return to A. Curtis file.
Inscribed in pencil (upper left): Dr. Millingen
Inscribed in pencil (verso of envelope): The book is / 20 years in a / Harem - Madame Kibrizli / was Countess Pisani's / mother
Provenance
Inherited by Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1898 from her husband, John Lowell Gardner, Jr.
Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Gallery
Macknight Room
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