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(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner
(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Isabella Stewart Gardner

primary (Edinburgh, 1837 - 1921, London)
subject (New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
Date1888
Place MadeLondon, Greater London, England, Europe
MediumPlatinum print on paper with autograph in ink
Dimensions24.5 x 20 cm (9 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.008034
eMuseum ID723355
Other NumberP33w86
EmbARK ObjectID33805
TMS Source ID17285
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.

BibliographyNotes
Diana Seave Greenwald, "Family Resemblance: David Stewart," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 15 June 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/family-resemblance-david-stewart
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), p.40-41, ill.
Diana Seave Greenwald and Erica Hirshler, "The Story Behind John Singer Sargent's Portait of Isabella Stewart Gardner," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 30 November 2023, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/story-behind-john-singer-sargents-portrait-isabella-stewart-gardner

MarksNotesPrinted in ink (lower left): J. Thomson
Printed in ink (lower right): 70a Grosvenor St w.
Signed in ink (lower right): Isabella / 1888
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the photographer John Thomson (1837–1921), London in 1888.