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Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher, April 21, 1947

 
Accession number D:BF 1947.04.21
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher, April 21, 1947
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1947
Work types
correspondence

Description

Typewritten letter responds to his John Thacher's letter of April 18, 1947 (D:JT 1947.04.18) discussing expense accounts with Dumbarton Oaks and the return of the stone tiger to Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine. Beatrix Farrand will digest the contents of John Thacher's letter and send a response later. She accepts with deep gratitude the Chinese stone tiger for her garden. She is sending an Italian envelope for him to take on his trip to place stray papers.

On Beatrix Farrand's Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine letterhead.

Handwritten signature in ink.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

letters (correspondence)
travel
Europe
sculpture (visual work)
tiger in art
gifts
stone (worked rock)
gardens (open spaces)
Reef Point Gardens (Bar Harbor, Me.)
Dumbarton Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
expense accounts
envelopes
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)