Mr. Isaacs: A Tale of Modern India
author
F. Marion Crawford
(Bagni di Lucca, Italy, 1854 - 1909, Sorrento, Italy)
Date1882
Place MadeNew York City, New York, United States, North America
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.005242
eMuseum ID721600
Other NumberU3s358
EmbARK ObjectID17654
Previous NumberU10.t.1
TMS Source ID5909
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner and the novelist F. Marion Crawford bonded over a love of the Italian poet Dante. Their close relationship inspired rumors of an affair. It is impossible to know whether or not the two had a physical affair, but the surviving traces of their mutual admiration have romantic undertones. Crawford wrote his first novel—Mr. Isaacs: A Tale of Modern India (1882)—during his time in Boston, and it was an immediate success. Isabella displayed the handwritten manuscript of the book that launched his career in the Crawford/Chapman Case.
BibliographyNotesDiana Seave Greenwald, "Did They or Didn't They? F. Marion Crawford and Isabella Stewart Gardner," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 5 March 2024, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/f-marion-crawford-and-isabella-stewart-gardner
ProvenanceNotesGift of the author Francis Marion Crawford (1854 - 1909) to Isabella Stewart Gardner after 1882.
F. Marion Crawford
late 19th century - early 20th century
F. Marion Crawford
24 July 1907
