Album: Photographs of Royalties
compiler
Adelia Smith Stewart
(American, 1814 - 1886)
photographer
Joseph Albert
(Munich, 1825 - 1886)
photographer
Hermann Bock
(active Munich, about 1860)
photographer
André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
(Paris, 1819 - 1889)
photographer
W. & D. Downey
(active Newcastle upon Tyne and London, 1867 - 1908)
photographer
Hanns Hanfstängel
(active Dresden, 1860 - 1869)
photographer
Emil Rabending
(Erfurt, Germany, 1823 - 1886, Frankfurt am Main)
photographer
Hills & Saunders
(active Eton, 1850 - 1900)
photographer
Luigi Montabone
(active Turin, Milan, Florence, Rome, and Iran, 1855 - 1874)
photographer
Abdullah Frères
(Istanbul, 1858 - 1899)
photographer
Hermann Selle
(active Potsdam, Germany, 1860 - 1879)
Date1870
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumAlbumen prints with printed and handwritten ink on card; in a leather binding with a gilded and enameled latch and a moire silk pastedown
Dimensions14.5 x 22 x 6 cm (5 11/16 x 8 11/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.009255
eMuseum ID718434
EmbARK ObjectID25510
Other Numberv.1.b.3.14
TMS Source ID9406
Last Updated8/9/24
Description1 vol., 16°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.
MarksNotesEnclosed: Sheet, inscribed in ink and graphite: Photographs of / Royalties that belonged / to my mother -- / 1870 / I.S. Gardner -
Inscribed in pencil (recto, page 1, back of left photograph, upper center): Beatrice
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 1, lower left): Queen of England.
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 1, lower right): Princess Beatrice who / became Queen of Spain
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 2, lower left): Prince of Wales, / later Edward VII.
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 2, lower right): Alexandra
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 2, center): Children of Edward & Alexandra
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 2, lower right): Prince Alfred
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 3, lower left): Prince Arthur
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 3, lower right): Prince Leopold
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 3, lower left): Princess Alice
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 3, lower right): Prince of Hesse
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 4, lower left): Princess Christian
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 4, lower right): Prince Christian
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 4, lower left): Princess Louise Caroline / Alberta.
Inscribed in ink and graphite (verso, page 4, lower right): John Douglas Sutherland / Marquis of Lorne
Inscribed in ink and graphite (recto, page 5, lower left): Emperor of the French / Napoleon III
Inscribed in ink and graphite (recto, page 5, lower right): The Empress / Empress Eugenie
Inscribed in ink and graphite (verso, page 5, lower left): The Prince Imperial / Prince Imperial
Inscribed in ink and graphite (verso, page 5, lower right): M. Thiers / President Thiers
Inscribed in ink and graphite (recto, page 6, lower left): The Emperor of Austria / Emperor of Austria
Inscribed in ink and graphite (recto, page 6, lower right): The Empress / The Empress.
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 7, back of right photograph, upper center): Kaiser Wilhelm
Inscribed in ink and graphite (verso, page 7, lower left): The Emperor of Germany / Kaiser Wilhelm
Inscribed in ink and graphite (verso, page 7, lower right): The Empress / Kaiserin
Inscribed in ink and graphite (recto, page 8, lower left): The Crown Prince / Kaiser Friederich
Inscribed in ink and graphite (recto, page 8, lower right): The Crown Princess / Kaiserin Friederich
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 8, lower left): Crown Prince later Kaiser / Wilhelm II
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 9, lower left): Prince Karl
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 9, lower right): Princess -- Karl
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 10, lower left): Princesse Marie
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 10, back of right photograph, upper right): Prinz Albrecht
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 10, lower left): Prince Albrecht
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 10, lower right): Prince Albrecht (Söhn)
Inscribed in ink and graphite (recto, page 11, lower left): The King of Saxony / King of Saxony
Inscribed in ink and graphite (recto, page 11, lower right): The Queen / Queen of Saxony.
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 11, lower center): Crown Prince + Princess of Saxony
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 12, lower left): Prince George of Saxony
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 12, lower right): Princess George of Saxony
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 12, lower left): Prince Adelbert
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 12, lower right): Königin Elisabeth
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 13, lower left): Ludwig of Bavaria
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 13, lower right): Crown Prinz Bavaria
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 14, lower left): Duke of Coburg.
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 14, lower right): Grand Duke Mecklenburg
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 14, lower left): Czar of Russia
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 14, lower right): Victor Emmanuel
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 15, lower left): Umberto.
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 15, lower right): Margaritta
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 15, lower left): King of Spain 1870
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 15, lower right): Queen of Spain 1870
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 16, lower left): Emperor Maximilian
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 16, lower right): Carlotta
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 16, lower right): Comtesse de Flandres
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 17, lower left): Aziz the Sultan
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 17, lower right): Prince Imperial Fakey
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 17, lower right): Princess of Monaco
Inscribed in graphite (recto, page 19, lower left): Prince Teck (?) [sic]
Inscribed in graphite (recto, page 19, lower right): Princess Mary
Inscribed in graphite (verso, page 19, lower left): Count von Bismark / Berlin
Inscribed in graphite (verso, page 19, lower right): von Moltke / Berlin
Inscribed in graphite (recto, page 20, lower left): von Roon, Minister of War
Inscribed in pencil (recto, page 1, back of left photograph, upper center): Beatrice
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 1, lower left): Queen of England.
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 1, lower right): Princess Beatrice who / became Queen of Spain
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 2, lower left): Prince of Wales, / later Edward VII.
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 2, lower right): Alexandra
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 2, center): Children of Edward & Alexandra
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 2, lower right): Prince Alfred
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 3, lower left): Prince Arthur
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 3, lower right): Prince Leopold
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 3, lower left): Princess Alice
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 3, lower right): Prince of Hesse
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 4, lower left): Princess Christian
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 4, lower right): Prince Christian
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 4, lower left): Princess Louise Caroline / Alberta.
Inscribed in ink and graphite (verso, page 4, lower right): John Douglas Sutherland / Marquis of Lorne
Inscribed in ink and graphite (recto, page 5, lower left): Emperor of the French / Napoleon III
Inscribed in ink and graphite (recto, page 5, lower right): The Empress / Empress Eugenie
Inscribed in ink and graphite (verso, page 5, lower left): The Prince Imperial / Prince Imperial
Inscribed in ink and graphite (verso, page 5, lower right): M. Thiers / President Thiers
Inscribed in ink and graphite (recto, page 6, lower left): The Emperor of Austria / Emperor of Austria
Inscribed in ink and graphite (recto, page 6, lower right): The Empress / The Empress.
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 7, back of right photograph, upper center): Kaiser Wilhelm
Inscribed in ink and graphite (verso, page 7, lower left): The Emperor of Germany / Kaiser Wilhelm
Inscribed in ink and graphite (verso, page 7, lower right): The Empress / Kaiserin
Inscribed in ink and graphite (recto, page 8, lower left): The Crown Prince / Kaiser Friederich
Inscribed in ink and graphite (recto, page 8, lower right): The Crown Princess / Kaiserin Friederich
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 8, lower left): Crown Prince later Kaiser / Wilhelm II
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 9, lower left): Prince Karl
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 9, lower right): Princess -- Karl
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 10, lower left): Princesse Marie
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 10, back of right photograph, upper right): Prinz Albrecht
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 10, lower left): Prince Albrecht
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 10, lower right): Prince Albrecht (Söhn)
Inscribed in ink and graphite (recto, page 11, lower left): The King of Saxony / King of Saxony
Inscribed in ink and graphite (recto, page 11, lower right): The Queen / Queen of Saxony.
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 11, lower center): Crown Prince + Princess of Saxony
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 12, lower left): Prince George of Saxony
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 12, lower right): Princess George of Saxony
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 12, lower left): Prince Adelbert
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 12, lower right): Königin Elisabeth
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 13, lower left): Ludwig of Bavaria
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 13, lower right): Crown Prinz Bavaria
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 14, lower left): Duke of Coburg.
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 14, lower right): Grand Duke Mecklenburg
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 14, lower left): Czar of Russia
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 14, lower right): Victor Emmanuel
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 15, lower left): Umberto.
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 15, lower right): Margaritta
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 15, lower left): King of Spain 1870
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 15, lower right): Queen of Spain 1870
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 16, lower left): Emperor Maximilian
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 16, lower right): Carlotta
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 16, lower right): Comtesse de Flandres
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 17, lower left): Aziz the Sultan
Inscribed in ink (recto, page 17, lower right): Prince Imperial Fakey
Inscribed in ink (verso, page 17, lower right): Princess of Monaco
Inscribed in graphite (recto, page 19, lower left): Prince Teck (?) [sic]
Inscribed in graphite (recto, page 19, lower right): Princess Mary
Inscribed in graphite (verso, page 19, lower left): Count von Bismark / Berlin
Inscribed in graphite (verso, page 19, lower right): von Moltke / Berlin
Inscribed in graphite (recto, page 20, lower left): von Roon, Minister of War
ProvenanceNotesPossibly inherited by Isabella Stewart Gardner from her father David Stewart (1810-1891) in 1891.
Adelia Smith Stewart
mid 18th century - late 19th century
