George Bancroft
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Marian Adams
(Boston, 1843 - 1885, Washington DC)
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George Bancroft
(American, 1800 - 1891)
Date1883
Place MadeMassachusetts, United States, North America
MediumPlatinum print
Dimensions11.7 x 19.3 cm (4 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.006490
eMuseum ID719826
EmbARK ObjectID32336
Other NumberU3n188
TMS Source ID15905
Last Updated8/9/24
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Not on viewWeb Commentary
Marian “Clover” Adams photographed her neighbor George Bancroft behind his desk. Piled high with papers and books with a quill in hand, Clover captured the historian in his intellectual pursuits. She was pleased with the picture, as was her friend John Hays. He even advised the editor of Century—an illustrated monthly magazine—to use it on their cover.
Isabella collected photographs throughout her life. She displayed this picture in the Okakura Case in the Blue Room.
BibliographyNotesNatalie Dykstra, Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life (New York, 2012), pp. 161-62, ill.
Elizabeth Reluga, "The Overlooked Female Photographer, Clover Adams," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 17 May 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/overlooked-female-photographer-clover-adams
Elizabeth Reluga, "The Overlooked Female Photographer, Clover Adams," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 17 May 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/overlooked-female-photographer-clover-adams
MarksNotesAutographed and inscribed in ink (bottom center): George Bancroft cal(?); 84.7. & 7 days
Dated in ink (lower right): Nov 1883
Dated in ink (lower right): Nov 1883
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
