Object details

Object number

ARC.002305

Creator(s)

Maurice de Mauny Talvande (1866 - 1941)

Title

Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Staunton, Virginia

Date

14 May 1893

Medium

Ink on paper

Language

French

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Inscribed in pencil (page 3, bottom right): [de Mauny]
Inscribed in pencil in Morris Carter's hand (page 8, above signature): Maurice de Mauny
Inscribed in pencil in Morris Carter's hand (envelope recto, upper left): Maurice de Mauny / Mrs. Gardner / Inein Alexandra / Countess of of Stafford / made godmother of his child
Inscribed in pencil (envelope verso, bottom right): [de Mauny]

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