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William Amory Gardner Dressed as a Woman with Fan, Cambridge, Massachusetts
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

William Amory Gardner Dressed as a Woman with Fan, Cambridge, Massachusetts

primary (American, active 1867 - 1947)
subject (Boston, 1863 - 1930, Groton, Massachusetts)
Date1884
Place MadeCambridge, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumAlbumen print
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.007620
eMuseum ID723892
EmbARK ObjectID33412
TMS Source ID16914
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryWilliam Amory Gardner, Isabella Stewart Gardner’s nephew, stares flirtatiously at the camera from behind a fan in this photograph of him in a dress. William Amory, called WAG by his family and friends, was a member of Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Club, the oldest theatrical organization in the United States. When the club was reserved exclusively for men, members would take on the roles of women in the shows, as William Amory did in 1884.
MarksNotesPrinted (bottom): Pach Bro's Cambridge, Mass.
Inscribed in pencil (bottom): Amory
Inscribed in pencil (upper): 1884 / Wm Amory Gardner

ProvenanceNotesGift of William Amory Gardner.