John Adams Whipple (Grafton, Massachusetts, 1822 - 1891, Boston, Massachusetts)
Isabella Stewart Gardner and John L. Gardner III, 1864
Albumen print on card, 10.1 x 6 cm (4 x 2 3/8 in.)
A sepia toned photograph of a white woman with dark hair and 19th century dress smiling and holding a nine month old infant in a white gown. The woman, Isabella Stewart Gardner, is nuzzling the head of her son, Jackie.
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