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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
The Life of James McNeill Whistler
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Life of James McNeill Whistler

author (Philadelphia, 1855 - 1936, New York)
subject (American, 1834 - 1903)
publisher (active Philadelphia, 1836 - 1978)
author (Philadelphia, 1857 - 1926, New York)
Date1908
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions26 x 20 x 5 cm (10 1/4 x 7 7/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS.G.S.3.9
eMuseum ID721631
EmbARK ObjectID23437
TMS Source ID8403
Last Updated8/9/24
Description2 v. ; 4°
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.
MarksNotesStamped in yellow ink (inside front cover, top center): Whistler's butterfly signature
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection after 1908. 
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Elizabeth Robins Pennell
1908
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Elizabeth Robins Pennell
1921
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Elizabeth Robins Pennell
25 March 1909
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
about 1905
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner
after 1886
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
London Stereoscopic Co.
1879
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Harper Pennington
1880