Object details
Object number
ARC.007465
Creator(s)
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A. Piatt Andrew
(La Porte, Indiana, 1873 - 1936, Gloucester, Massachusetts)
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primary
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Edgar Carter Rust
(Boston, 1882 - 1963, Manchester, Massachusetts)
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subject
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Henry Davis Sleeper
(Boston, 1878 - 1934, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
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subject
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Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
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subject
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Ernst F. Hanfstaengl
(Munich, 1887 - 1975, Munich)
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subject
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Dorothy Whitney Straight
(Washington, D.C., 1877 - 1968, Dartington Hall)
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subject
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Weymer Jay Mills
(Jersey City, 1880 - 1938, Munich)
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subject
Title
Edgar Carter Rust, Henry Davis Sleeper, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Ernst F. Hanfstaengl, Dorothy Whitney Straight, Richard Henry Hall, Weymer Jay Mills, and A. Piatt Andrew at a Party at Red Roof, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Date
17 April 1909 - 18 April 1909
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Language
English
Dimensions
8 x 10.2 cm (3 1/8 x 4 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Marked in pencil (top left): F4 / #36 / 1.00 / 20 - 1.20 / 90 / 90 / 140 / 94% / 833
Inscribed in pencil (lower): Edgar Rust, H. Sleeper, ISG, Putzi, Hanfstaengl, / Dorthy Whitney Straight, Dick Hall, Mills, / Apr. 17 - 18, 1909
Marked in pencil (upper right): #35
Marked in pencil (center): 833
Provenance
Probably a gift from economist and politician A. Piatt Andrew to Isabella Stewart Gardner, about 1909.
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
Aurora Daniel, "Henry Davis Sleeper and a Glass Mosaic," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 8 June 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/henry-davis-sleeper-and-glass-mosaic
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), pp.114-115, fig. 60.
Gallery
Blue Room
Case
Prichard Case
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