Object details
Accession number
ARC.005765
Primary Creator
Daniel Berkeley Updike
(Providence, Rhode Island, 1860 - 1941, Boston)
Full title
Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Merrymount Press, No. 232 Summer Street, Boston
Creation Date
31 August 1920
Language
English
Marks
Printed in ink (on recto, upper center): D.B. UPDIKE THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS / NO. 232 SUMMER ST. BOSTON / D.B. UPDIKE JOHN BIANCHI / CABLE ADDRESS UPDIKE BOSTON / TELEPHONE MAIN 1922
Signed in ink (on recto, lower right): D.B. Updike
Inscribed in graphite (on recto, lower center, in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand): Dear M. U., / Please begin directly and make 5000 / as I first suggested. I suppose y[ou] never mean / to bring down y[our] price which I see is slightly / mounting. I do hope y[ou] have had a good rest + are better / Sincerely y[ou]rs / I.S. Gardner
Display Media
Typewritten and printed ink on paper
Web Commentary
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Permanent Gallery Location
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