Object details

Object number

ARC.007386

Creator(s)

Sarah Wyman Whitman (Lowell, Massachusetts, 1842 - 1904, Boston)

Title

Sketch for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's Seal

Date

1900

Medium

Ink on paper

Language

English

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Envelope stamped (recto upper left): After five days return to / The Mitchell MFG. Co, / 200 Washington Street, / Boston, Mass.
Inscribed in ink (center): Mrs. Whitman's Design / for the Corporate Seals / of the I.S.G. [illeg] F.P.

Commentary

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Bibliography

Shana McKenna, "Sarah Wyman Whitman: Artist and Advocate," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 30 November 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/sarah-wyman-whitman-artist-and-advocate

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