Object details
Accession number
ARC1986.1.4
Creators
Full title
John Lowell Gardner III
Creation Date
1864-1865
Language
English
Provenance
Probably commissioned by Isabella and Jack Gardner from John Adams Whipple in 1864-65.Probably a gift from Isabella and Jack Gardner to domestic worker, Ella T. Lavin (1846-1918).Purchased by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum from Mary Bell, niece of Ella T. Lavin, in 1986.
Marks
Printed (verso): Whipple / 96 Washington St, / Boston. / These Negatives are preserved for years with great / care. Photographs can be made from them...
Display Media
Albumen print on card
Web 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Archives
Bibliography
Diana Seave Greenwald and Casey Riley (ed.). Fellow Wanderer: Isabella Stewart Gardner's Travel Albums. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2023), p20, fig. 3.
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