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Travel Album: China and Japan, Volume II

author Isabella Stewart Gardner (New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)

Date1883

MediumBound album including collected photographs, found papers, pressed botanicals, and pen and ink annotations

Dimensions31.8 x 26.2 x 4.6 cm (12 1/2 x 10 5/16 x 1 13/16 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberv.1.a.4.7

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept records of her worldwide travels in the form of albums. In 1883, Isabella and Jack Gardner were among a select group of wealthy global travelers who were able to take advantage of relaxed political restrictions and improved travel infrastructure early in the modern history of tourism to Japan. The tourism market for photography was already well-established and Isabella purchased nearly two hundred individual photographs from commercial photography studios and other vendors during her visit. She arranged them in this album to chronicle places she visited.

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Last Updated8/9/24

EmbARK ObjectID17285

Source ID5577