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(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
A Bridge of Boats, Venice
(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

A Bridge of Boats, Venice

painter (Willingdon, East Sussex, 1849 - 1920, Great Torrington, Devon)
Date1892
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions24 x 34 cm (9 7/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP3w6
eMuseum ID717062
EmbARK ObjectID10943
TMS Source ID202
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.
BibliographyNotesPhilip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 193.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 31.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 126, ill.
MarksNotesSigned (on the nearest boat): Francis E. James
Inscribed (lower left): To Mrs. Gardner-- / Tanti Salute! [sic] Venice Novr. 21 1892
ProvenanceNotesGift from the artist Francis Edward James (1849-1920), Venice to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 21 November 1892.
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