Object details
Object number
ARC.001493
Creator(s)
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Andrews Norton
(Hingham, Massachusetts, 1786 - 1853, Newport, Rhode Island)
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correspondent
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Felicia Hemans
(Liverpool, 1793 - 1835, Dublin)
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recipient
Title
Letter to Felicia Hemans from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date
31 January 1826
Medium
Handwritten ink on paper
Language
English
Dimensions
34 x 23 cm (13 3/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in pencil (on recto, upper right): Recd April 8th
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the scholar and critic Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908), Cambridge on 13 November 1902 for $1500 for a group of three manuscripts and an accompanying letter (ARC.005208, ARC.001493, ARC.005169, ARC.009209).
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
Blue Room
Case
Crawford / Chapman Case
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