Object details
Accession number
P27w82
Primary Creator
Nadar
(Paris, 1820 - 1910, Paris)
Full title
George Sand
Creation Date
1864
Object Case
French Authors Case
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Marks
Printed in red (lower left): Nadar
Printed in red (lower right): Rue d'Anjou St Hre 51 / (Hôtel Privé)
Inscribed in ink (lower center): G. Sand
Printed in red (verso): Médaille d'Or / Exposition Universelle. / 1878 / Nadar / Rue D'Anjou St. Honoré, 51 / à l'Angle de la Chapelle Expiatoire B.t Haussmann / Hotel Privé - Ascenseur - Téléphone / Paris / Anciennement Boulevart des Capucines / H. & F. Paris
Dimensions
16.5 x 11 cm (6 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.)
Display Media
Albumen print
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner admired the work of many women authors and prominently displayed both their publications and their photographic portraits within her museum. Gardner had studied French language and literature as a youth, and she dedicated one of the archival cases in the Long Gallery to the display of French authors, among them the writer Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, whose pen name was George Sand. This indelible portrait of Sand by French photographer Nadar is a testament to her celebrity in the 1860s.
Permanent Gallery Location
Long Gallery
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