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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Mrs. Asquith's Party
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Mrs. Asquith's Party

primary (active Boston, 1920s)
subject (1884 - 1957)
subject (New Rochelle, New York, 1891 - 1956, Concord, MA)
Date1921
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions12.7 x 9.1 cm (5 x 3 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.003941
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryThis group portrait depicts novelist Henry James’s niece, Alice, in the company of three other costumed women. An inscription on the photograph refers to Margot Asquith, the wife of Prime Minister H.H. Asquith, whose notorious autobiographical writing was recommended to Isabella Stewart Gardner. The photograph was arranged for Isabella Stewart Gardner’s amusement and appears to depict Alice and friends as characters from Mrs. Asquith’s autobiography.
Id726303
Last Updated8/9/24
EmbARK ObjectID24710
Source ID9043