Isabella Tod Stewart
painter
Thomas Sully
(Horncastle, Lincolnshire, 1783 - 1872, Philadelphia)
Date1837
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions75 x 62 cm (29 1/2 x 24 7/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP17w51
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Tod Stewart was Isabella Stewart Gardner's paternal grandmother and namesake. This portrait was painted by Thomas Sully--an American artist famous for having painted Queen Victoria. Sully’s canvas shows a graceful woman with fair coloring and wearing an almost translucent bonnet. This painting, probably passed down to the younger Isabella’s father David Stewart and then to her, was a family heirloom and likely treasured by the founder. She displayed it in the Short Gallery opposite her own portrait by Anders Zorn.
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Last Updated8/9/24
EmbARK ObjectID10896
Source ID162
