Object details
Object number
ARC.006231
Creator(s)
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John Wallace Black
(Francestown, New Hampshire, 1825 - 1896, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
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primary
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
(Salem, Massachusetts, 1804 - 1864, Plymouth, New Hampshire)
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subject
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William D. Ticknor
(active Boston, 1885 - 1889)
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subject
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James Thomas Fields
(Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1817 - 1881, Boston)
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subject
Title
Nathaniel Hawthorne, William David Ticknor, and James Thomas Fields
Date
about 1863
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
10.1 x 6.1 cm (4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in ink (verso, top): Sticknor Field / Hawthorn
Inscribed in pencil (verso, middle): Sticknor Field / Hawthorn
Stamped in ink (verso, center): J. W. Black / 163 & 173 Wash. St Boston and / So. Turo St. Opp / Naval Academy, / Newport, R.I.
Inscribed in pencil (verso, bottom): Nathaniel Hawthorne / William Davis Ticknor / James T. Fields
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.
Gallery
Blue Room
Case
Okakura Case
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