Object details
Object number
ARC.001479
Creator(s)
Charles Norman Fay
(Burlington, Vermont, 1848 - 1944, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Title
To Mrs. Gardner
Date
12 March 1920
Medium
Handwritten ink on paper
Language
English
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Embossed (on recto, upper center): 2 WILLARD COURT / CAMBRIDGE, MASS.
Inscribed in pencil (on verso, lower center): A letter about the orchestra by Mr. Charles Norman Fay was / published in the Boston Sunday Herald March 7, 1930. A letter / sent by Mrs. Gardner to Mr. Fay's sister, Mrs. Theodore Thomas, / inspired this poem.
Provenance
Gift from the author Charles Norman Fay (1848-1944) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 12 March 1920. Enclosed in The Boston Symphony Orchestra, An Historical Sketch by M. A. De Wolfe Howe, 1914 (v.1.a.1.6).
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
Vatichino
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