Helen Choate Bell
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Marian Adams
(Boston, 1843 - 1885, Washington DC)
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Helen Choate Bell
(Salem, 1830 - 1918, York, Maine)
Date1883
Place MadeManchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumTintype
Dimensions10.5 x 8.5 cm (4 1/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.008103
eMuseum ID716872
EmbARK ObjectID33872
Other Numberv.1.b.4.24.x
TMS Source ID17350
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb 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.
BibliographyNotesNatalie Dykstra, Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life (New York, 2012), pp. 148-49.
ProvenanceNotesGift from Helen Choate Bell (1830-1918) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, May 1915.
Enclosed in Isabella's Guestbook Volume XIII (v.1.b.4.24, p. 30) for 1 May 1915 when Isabella hosted a party in honor of Helen Bell’s 85th birthday at Fenway Court.
Enclosed in Isabella's Guestbook Volume XIII (v.1.b.4.24, p. 30) for 1 May 1915 when Isabella hosted a party in honor of Helen Bell’s 85th birthday at Fenway Court.
