Object details

Object number

ARC.007827

Creator(s)

• Unknown - publisher
• Julia Ward Howe (New York, 1819 - 1910, Portsmouth, Rhode Island) - subject
• Maud Howe Elliott (Boston, 1854 - 1948, Newport, RI) - subject
• F. Marion Crawford (Bagni di Lucca, Italy, 1854 - 1909, Sorrento, Italy) - subject

Title

Julia Ward Howe's House

Date

20th century

Medium

Ink on paper

Language

English

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Inscribed in pencil (lower right): 10.a / 1.24
Printed in ink (bottom): The Latter Day Home of Julia Ward Howe...which has often been occupied by her daughter Maud Eliot and her nephew F. Marion Crawford

Provenance

Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner’s collection at an unknown date.

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

Elizabeth Reluga, "Julia Ward Howe, BFF and Suffragette," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2 November 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/julia-ward-howe-bff-and-suffragette

Gallery

Blue Room

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