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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
"Some Particulars Regarding the Family of Invernahyle"
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

"Some Particulars Regarding the Family of Invernahyle"

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Date29 January 1848
Place MadeEdinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, Europe
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsArchival Material
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.008821
eMuseum ID725288
EmbARK ObjectID34531
TMS Source ID17990
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner used this journal to research some of her Scottish genealogy, and even wrote some of the names of her family members on the pages. Gardner was fascinated by her family history, and believed that she was a descendant of the royal Stuart line. 
MarksNotes Inscribed in ink in the hand of Isabella Stewart Gardner: Grandmother died July 26, 1848 / 70 years - / Charles Stewart died 1849 / 40 years - / David Stewart Jr. died 1894 - / 22 years.
Inscribed in pencil (center): (Mrs. Gardner's writing)
Inscribed in pencil: "The Departure of Charles Stuward / the II King of England" / [illeg] or print circa 1660 / Not the spelling in 1660 / Stuward [SIC]
Inscribed in pencil (bottom left): from T.J.L. Jr.
Marked in pencil (top right): L.F.1 / Front