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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Pass for the "Flying Fisherman" Train
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Pass for the "Flying Fisherman" Train

primary (American, active 1836 - 1983)
contributor (Boston, 1837 - 1898, Boston)
Date1893
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumPrinted ink on blue paper
ClassificationsArchival Material
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.007958
eMuseum ID717455
EmbARK ObjectID33731
Other Numberv.2.a.4.6.x
TMS Source ID17212
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web 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.
MarksNotesInscribed in ink (center): J.L. Gardner [Isabella Stewart Gardner's husband]
Stamped (upper right): 3189 
Marked in pencil (bottom left): v.2.a / 4.6


ProvenanceNotesPresumably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner's husband, John L. Gardner Jr. (1837–1898) in 1893 and placed in the book Many Inventions by Rudyard Kipling.