Isabella Stewart Gardner at a Medieval Banquet, Gloucester, Massachusetts
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Cecilia Beaux
(Philadelphia, 1855 - 1942, Gloucester, Massachusetts)
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A. Piatt Andrew
(La Porte, Indiana, 1873 - 1936, Gloucester, Massachusetts)
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Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
Date30 July 1908
Place MadeGloucester, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions8.4 x 10.5 cm (3 5/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.007460
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryAfter the economic panic of 1907, the Rhode Island senator Nelson W. Aldrich, asked economist A. Piatt Andrew to go to Europe to study their monetary systems. This photograph shows the farewell costume party hosted by the painter Cecilia Beaux, his neighbor on Gloucester's Eastern Point. Andrew, attended dressed as a Roman emperor and sat on a red throne. Isabella also sat on a throne, albeit a smaller one than the guest of honor, draped with purple velvet emblazoned with a gold initial 'Y' for "Ysabella"--her royal alter ego.
Id725044
Last Updated8/14/24
Other Numberv.1.b.4.26.x
EmbARK ObjectID33257
Source ID16789
Thomas E. Marr and Son
6 October 1910
Thomas E. Marr and Son
6 October 1910
A. Piatt Andrew
17 April 1909 - 18 April 1909
A. Piatt Andrew
17 April 1909 - 18 April 1909
Unknown
late 19th century - early 20th century