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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner in Seville, Spain
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Isabella Stewart Gardner in Seville, Spain

artist (American, 1854 - 1922)
Date20 April 1888
Place MadeSeville, Andalusia, Spain, Europe
MediumGraphite and ink on paper
Dimensions16 x 12.8 cm (6 5/16 x 5 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.001247
eMuseum ID728072
EmbARK ObjectID27969
TMS Source ID11561
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web Commentary
This sketch by the American painter Ralph Wormeley Curtis was done during the Gardners’ trip to Spain in 1888. Isabella Stewart Gardner included this sketch in her travel album for Spain and Portugal—a personal memento of travels with a friend. 

BibliographyNotesGreta Llanes Serrano, "Leafing Through Isabella's Travel Album: Spain and Portugal, Volume II, 1888," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 7 March 2023, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/leafing-through-isabellas-travel-album-spain-and-portugal-volume-ii-1888
MarksNotesInscribed in ink (center): Sevilla / 88. / 20 April
Signed in ink (center right): RC
Inscribed in ink (bottom): Mrs. Gardner
Marked in pencil (bottom right corner): 119
ProvenanceNotesGift from the American artist Ralph Wormeley Curtis (1854-1922) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 20 April 1888.