Object details
Object number
ARC.006406
Creator(s)
Jean Jacques Rousseau
(Genève, 1712 - 1778, Ermenonville)
Title
Letter to Unknown Person from A Brienne, France
Date
27 August 1763
Medium
Ink on paper
Language
English
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in pencil (center right): Letter by J.J. Rousseau
Marked in pencil (recto, upper right corner): $35.00
Marked in ink (recto, upper left corner): No 41.
Provenance
Collection of author and collector Gerald E. Hart (1849-1936), Montreal.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hart sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston for $35 on 19 April 1890, lot 2908.
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.
Bibliography
Hart, Gerald E. 1849-1936. Catalogue of the Library: Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Maps And Prints Forming the Collection of Gerald E. Hart, Esq., of Montreal. Boston: C.S. Libbie jr., printer, 1890, p..283.
Gallery
Long Gallery
Case
French Authors Case
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