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Isabella Stewart Gardner

primary John Thomson (Edinburgh, 1837 - 1921, London)

subject Isabella Stewart Gardner (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.