Object details
              Object number
        ARC.005169
            Creator(s)
              
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                              Felicia Hemans
                            (Liverpool, 1793 - 1835, Dublin)
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                author
                          
 
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                              Andrews Norton
                            (Hingham, Massachusetts, 1786 - 1853, Newport, Rhode Island)
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                recipient
                          
 
                  
                    Title
        Letter to Andrews Norton from St. Asaph, North Wales with the Poem, "The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers"
                    Date
        8 October 1825
                    Medium
        Ink on paper with wax seal
                    Language
        English
                                            Dimensions
        33 x 20.1 cm (13 x 7 15/16 in.)
                                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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