Travel Album: Egypt and Sudan
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Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
photographer
Pascal Sébah
(Turkish, 1823 - 1886)
photographer
Antonio Beato
(Italian, about 1830 - 1903)
photographer
Francis Frith
(English, 1822 - 1898)
Date1874-1875
Place MadeEgypt, Middle East
MediumBound album including collected photographs, found papers, original watercolors, and pen and ink writings
Dimensions30.2 x 24 x 4.5 cm (11 7/8 x 9 7/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberv.1.a.4.2
Description125 pagesStatus
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner was an avid traveler who chronicled her journeys in twenty-eight photographic albums between 1867 and 1896. This scrapbook reveals her discovery of historic landscapes and cultural traditions along the Nile River in Egypt. Gardner took great care in designing the pages of her albums, and within them we can find traces of her earliest inspirations in creating her museum. The watercolor sketch of a mosque prefigures the crenellations lining her museum’s courtyard walls.
Id725211
Last Updated8/10/24
EmbARK ObjectID16920
Source ID5246
Isabella Stewart Gardner
1894-1895
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