Note to Isabella with Skeleton Sketch Print

This print--created exclusively for Gift at the Gardner--features a a note and sketch by painter Joseph Lindon Smith. The Museum archives reveal that the artist was a friend of Mrs. Gardner's; her collection contains several of Smith's drawings and paintings.

The text on the scroll that the skeleton holds reads as follows:

Dear Mrs. Gardner

I and my skeleton will be on hand Wednesday at 152 Beacon St. I shall wear it on the inside the weather being so cold.

Very truly yours,
Joseph Lindon Smith

Measures 11" x 17"
Printed on milled parchment paper
Made in the US