Collection Information
Size: 4 Pages, 18 x 15
Summary: Handwritten letter, 4 pages and envelope, dated July 2, 1931. Written by writer Elizabeth Robins Pennell to Boston artist G. William Patten about her husband, artist and author Joseph Pennell.
Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936
Author
Size: 4 Pages, 18 x 15
Summary: Handwritten letter, 4 pages and envelope, dated July 2, 1931. Written by writer Elizabeth Robins Pennell to Boston artist G. William Patten about her husband, artist and author Joseph Pennell.
Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1855-1936) was a writer from Philadelphia, Pa. who worked in London, England and New York. Pennell was married to Joseph Pennell.
Donated 2016 by art historian Christine I. Oaklander who purchased the letter at auction.
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Elizabeth Robins Pennell, New York, N.Y. letter to G. William Patten, Dorchester, Mass, 1931 July 2. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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