Augustus Peabody Gardner
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Leidloff Studio
(active Charleson, S.C., )
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Augustus Peabody Gardner
(Boston, 1865 - 1918)
Datelate 19th century
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumGelatin silver print
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.007605
eMuseum ID722589
EmbARK ObjectID33398
TMS Source ID16901
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner and her husband Jack adopted Augustus Peabody Gardner, along with his brothers William Amory Gardner and Joseph Peabody Gardner, after the death of their father. Photographed here as a young man, Augustus would go on to serve as both a congressman and a Massachusetts state senator.
MarksNotesPrinted (lower): Leidloff, Charleston, S.C.
Inscribed in pencil (top left): Augustus P. Gardner
Inscribed in pencil (top left): Augustus P. Gardner
ProvenanceNotesPossibly a gift from Augustus Peabody Gardner.
John Jay Chapman
18 January 1918