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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Adah Isaacs Menken
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Adah Isaacs Menken

primary (American, founded 1846)
Date14 August 1921
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumHandwritten and printed ink on paper with letterpress images
ClassificationsArchival Material
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.008274
eMuseum ID718281
Other Numberv.2.b.3.9.x
EmbARK ObjectID34032
TMS Source ID17493
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 (on verso, along right edge): Sunday Herald Aug. 14 1921
ProvenanceNotesCut from the newspaper by Isabella Stewart Gardner on 14 August 1921.
Enclosed in Adah Isaacs Menken by Richard A. Northcott, 1921 (v.2.b.3.9).