Object details
Object number
ARC.006473
Creator(s)
Title
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Date
1854
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
23.4 x 14.5 cm (9 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Dated with printed autograph (below image): 1854 / R. Waldo Emerson / 1803-1903
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
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
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays (Boston and New York, 1865), frontispiece, ill.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Complete Writing of Ralph Waldo Emerson (New York, 1929), frontispiece, ill.
Gallery
Blue Room
Case
Okakura Case
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