Object details
Accession number
ARC.003953
Creators
Full title
Henry James
Creation Date
1884
Object Case
Crawford / Chapman Case
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Marks
Printed in red ink (bottom edge): Elliott & Fry 55, Baker Street, London
Dimensions
14.5 x 10.2 cm (5 11/16 x 4 in.)
Display Media
Albumen print
Web Commentary
Like many other celebrities of the nineteenth century, the author Henry James sat for a number of professional photographers and shared these within his social networks. Isabella Stewart Gardner actively collected photographs of her friends and acquaintances, and she displayed many—including this one of a middle-aged James—in cases throughout her museum. James apparently sent Gardner more than one photograph of himself; in a self-deprecating letter from November 1882, he asks whether she would “accept the disagreeable photograph” of him that appeared in a recent national publication.
Permanent Gallery Location
Blue Room
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