Mrs. Asquith's Party
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E. H. Holton
(active Boston, 1920s)
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Alice Runnells James
(1884 - 1957)
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Katherine Alice Loring
(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
eMuseum ID726303
EmbARK ObjectID24710
TMS Source ID9043
Last Updated8/9/24
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Not on viewWeb 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.
MarksNotesSigned and dated in pencil (lower right): Holton 1921
Inscribed in pencil (verso, top): Mrs. Asquith's party
Inscribed in pencil (verso, top): Mrs. Asquith's party
ProvenanceNotesPhotograph arranged by Miss Frances G. Curtis for Isabella Stewart Gardner.
Probably a gift from Alice Runnells James (1884-1957) to Isabella Stewart Gardner.
Probably a gift from Alice Runnells James (1884-1957) to Isabella Stewart Gardner.
A. Piatt Andrew
17 April 1909 - 18 April 1909
A. Piatt Andrew
17 April 1909 - 18 April 1909
