John Lowell Gardner, Jr.
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John Adams Whipple
(Grafton, Massachusetts, 1822 - 1891, Boston, Massachusetts)
subject
John Lowell Gardner Jr.
(Boston, 1837 - 1898, Boston)
Dateabout 1865
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumAlbumen print on card
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC1986.1.12
eMuseum ID717921
Previous NumberARC.009409
Previous NumberARC.007425
EmbARK ObjectID45641
TMS Source ID22059
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.
MarksNotes
Printed in ink (verso, center): WHIPPLE. / 96 Washington Street, BOSTON.
Printed in ink (verso, lower middle): This Negatives are preserved for years with great care. Photographs can be made from them like this, or enlarged to Cabinet or Life-Size, finished like Oil Paintings or in the stule of Crayon Drawings.
ProvenanceNotes
Probably commissioned by Isabella and Jack Gardner from John Adams Whipple in 1864-65.
Probably a gift from Isabella and Jack Gardner to domestic worker, Ella.
Purchased by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum from Mary Bell, niece of Ella, in 1986.
