Last Will and Testament
author
Elizabeth Pickering Gardner
(Boston, 1737 - 1823)
Date1 September 1812
Place MadeWenham, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.009189
eMuseum ID727846
EmbARK ObjectID24624
Other NumberU27e182
TMS Source ID9009
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb 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.
MarksNotesSigned in ink (page 2, center left): Timothy Pickering / Mary Pickering / Elizabeth Pickering
Inscribed in ink (page 3, center): The will of my mother / Elizth Gardner dated / Sep 1st 1812 Supended / by her will of a later / date now in [illegible] trunk / in the bank.
Inscribed in ink (page 3, center): The will of my mother / Elizth Gardner dated / Sep 1st 1812 Supended / by her will of a later / date now in [illegible] trunk / in the bank.
ProvenanceNotesGift from William Crowninshield Endicott to Isabella Stewart Gardner, unknown date.
