Object details
Object number
v.1.a.4.13
Creator(s)
Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
Title
Travel Album: Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria, and Italy, Volume I
Date
1886
Medium
Bound album including collected photographs, found papers, pressed botanicals, and pen and ink annotations
Dimensions
35.6 x 30.5 x 3.8 cm (14 x 12 x 1 1/2 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Embossed in gold ink on the front cover: I.S.G.
Inscribed in ink in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand on page 3: I.S. Gardner / 1886. / Vol. I.
Commentary
Isabella 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.
Bibliography
Ralph P. Locke. "Leaves from Bayreuth." Fenway Court (1975), pp. 19-26.
Ana Barrett, "Belle of the Opera: Gardner and Wagner," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 20 July 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/belle-opera-gardner-and-wagner
Diana Seave Greenwald and Casey Riley (ed.). Fellow Wanderer: Isabella Stewart Gardner's Travel Albums. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2023), p. 209, no. 14.
Gallery
Vatichino
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