Item 65: Letter from John Singer Sargent to Mrs. Dana, May 5th [no year].
Item — Box: 11, Folder: 65
Dates
- Created: May 5th [no year].
Creator
- Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter
Condition Note:
Excellent.
Measurements:
6 ⅝ in. x 4 ½ in.
Description:
This is a letter from John Singer Sargent to Mrs. Dana on a __ May 5th at 8pm. In this letter Sargent is accepting a dinner invitation. The creator of this letter, John Sargent, was born in Italy in 1856. Sargent was an artist, with a passion for painting. He made roughly nine hundred oil paintings and more than two thousand watercolors, as well as many charcoal drawings and sketches. He would travel to multiple countries and cities looking for inspiration.
Location:
1810 South Rittenhouse Square
Transcription:
Saturday
[Printed: 1810 South Rittenhouse Square]
Dear Mrs Dana,
I accept with great pleasure your kind invitation to dinner on Tuesday May 5th at 8 oclock. With kind? regards to Mr. Dana
Believe me
Yours sincerely
John S. Sargent
Creator
- Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu