Object details
Object number
ARC.006537
Creator(s)
Title
Julia Ward Howe
Date
1897-1899
Medium
Photogravure
Language
English
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in pencil (lower right): Andeas Andersen / 97
Inscribed in pencil (upper left): Julia Ward Howe
Inscribed in pencil (lower right)L 5869 / Mrs. IS Gardner / 15 [illeg]
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection around 1899 when she gave this portrait of social reformer Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) by Andreas Andersen to the New England Women's Club.
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.
Gallery
Blue Room
Case
Berenson Case
Rights and reproductions
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