Object details
Object number
ARC.008103
Creator(s)
Title
Helen Choate Bell
Date
1883
Medium
Tintype
Dimensions
10.5 x 8.5 cm (4 1/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Gift from Helen Choate Bell (1830-1918) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, May 1915.
Enclosed in Isabella's Guestbook Volume XIII (v.1.b.4.24, p. 30) for 1 May 1915 when Isabella hosted a party in honor of Helen Bell’s 85th birthday at Fenway Court.
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
Natalie Dykstra, Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life (New York, 2012), pp. 148-49.
Gallery
Vatichino
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