Walter Hampden
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George Moffett
(active Chicago, 1910-1920)
subject
Walter Hampden
(Brooklyn, New York, 1879 - 1955, Hollywood, California)
Date1920
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
MediumInk on gelatin silver print
Dimensions25.3 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.006522
eMuseum ID718188
EmbARK ObjectID32365
Other NumberP27w541
TMS Source ID15934
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb 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.
BibliographyNotesNathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), pp.118-121, fig. 64.
MarksNotesSigned and dated in ink (top left): With happy memories of my visit / to Mrs. Gardner at Fenway Court / Sincerely / Walter Hampden
Signed in red ink (bottom left): Moffett
Signed in red ink (bottom left): Moffett
ProvenanceNotesEnclosed in a letter from the actor Walter Hampden (1879-1955) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 24 January 1921.
