Creator:

Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart), 1842-1924  Search this

Gavin, Michael  Search this

Type:

Correspondence

Date:

1905 June 13

Place of publication, production, or execution:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description:

1 letter : handwritten, ill. ; 19 x 28 cm.

Summary:

Letter is mounted on board. <br>Church updates Gavin on the wellbeing of General R.B. Snowden and John Peters. <br>The left-hand side of the page is illustrated with a sketch of a bear leaning on a cane and looking sickly while a bird flying overhead says "For Gods sake don't he look billious" and one rabbit says to another "He looks as though he had appendicitis."

Citation:

Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart) Church. Frederick Stuart Church letter to Michael Gavin, 1905 June 13. Frederick Stuart Church collection, circa 1895-1905. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note:

U.S. public domain

Provenance:

Donated 2012 by Ann ffolliott, Michael Gavin's great-niece.

Location Note:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Topic:

Illustrated letters  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)14390

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Frederick Stuart Church collection, circa 1895-1905

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

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