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(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner at a Party at Red Roof, Gloucester, Massachusetts
(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Isabella Stewart Gardner at a Party at Red Roof, Gloucester, Massachusetts

photographer (La Porte, Indiana, 1873 - 1936, Gloucester, Massachusetts)
subject (American, 1882 - 1963)
subject (Boston, 1878 - 1934, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
subject (New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
subject (German, 1887 - 1875)
subject (Washington, D.C., 1877 - 1968, Dartington Hall)
subject (American, 1880 - 1938)
Date17 April 1909 - 18 April 1909
Place MadeGloucester, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions8 x 10.2 cm (3 1/8 x 4 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.010149
eMuseum ID717955
Previous NumberARC.007465
TMS Source ID28011
Last Updated8/31/24
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.
BibliographyNotesAurora Daniel, "Henry Davis Sleeper and a Glass Mosaic," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 8 June 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/henry-davis-sleeper-and-glass-mosaic
MarksNotesMarked in pencil (top left): F4 / #36 / 1.00 / 20 - 1.20 / 90 / 90 / 140 / 94% / 833
Inscribed in pencil (lower): Edgar Rust, H. Sleeper, ISG, Putzi, Hanfstaengl, / Dorthy Whitney Straight, Dick Hall, Mills, / Apr. 17 - 18, 1909
Marked in pencil (upper right): #35
Marked in pencil (center): 833
ProvenanceNotesProbably a gift from economist and politician A. Piatt Andrew, about 1909.