Box H
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter from Marvin Ross to Mildred Bliss, 1703 32nd Street, November between 1951-1960 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, R-Z
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Sub-Group:
Marvin C. Ross
File — Box: H, Folder: 7b, item: 35Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, H7b:Ross 19xx.11.xx
Scope and Contents:
Handwritten letter from Marvin C. Ross to Mildred Bliss reporting that he has just written an entry for the Catalogue on the red jasper cameo with the Gorgon's [Medusa] head. He feels it is a fascinating object and needs more attention some day. He informs Mildred that the Gorgon's head became a great favorite for amulets and other ways. He says it was the idea of making an ugly face that would scare away a bad man and continued in use long into the Christian era. On the leaf of a Consular...