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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
James Russell Lowell
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

James Russell Lowell

primary (Leeds, 1853 - 1941, Whitby, England)
subject (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1819 - 1891, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Date1875-1893
Place MadeWhitby, North Yorkshire, England, Europe
MediumAlbumen print on card
Dimensions10.5 x 6.3 cm (4 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.004896
eMuseum ID720990
Other NumberP3s342
EmbARK ObjectID30822
TMS Source ID14402
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
MarksNotesInscribed in ink (verso, upper): 1598.A
Inscribed in ink in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand (verso, center): given to me / April 13, 1893 / by / Cousin Mary / [in Morris Carter's hand] (Mrs. Putnam / his sister)
Printed (verso, upper): GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE MEDALS / AWARDED AT THE FOLLOWING / INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS [followed by list of exhibitions with their dates, 1881-1891, in two columns]
Printed (verso, center): FRANK M. SUTCLIFFE / Photographer / Whitby
ProvenanceNotesGift from Mrs. Samuel R. Putnam (Mary Traill Spence Lowell, 1810-1898) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 13 April, 1893.
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Elliott & Fry
about 1886
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John Henry Thurston
1890
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Frank Wendt
about 1900
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John Wallace Black
about 1860
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Elliott & Fry
1884
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London Stereoscopic Co.
1879
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Amory Nelson Hardy
1891
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Cambridge Historical Society
22 January 1919