Object details
Object number
ARC.009080
Creator(s)
John Fillis Jarvis
(Melksham, England, 1849 - 1931, Washington DC)
Title
Inauguration of President Grover Cleveland
Date
4 March 1885
Medium
Albumen print on card
Language
English
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Printed (lower): J.F. Jarvis, Publisher, Inauguration of President Cleveland. / March 4th, 1885 Copyright 1885 by J.F. Jarvis / 135 Penn. Ave., Washington, D.C.
Inscribed in ink (upper): For / Mrs. Gardner / with the compliments of H.L. Nelson
Inscribed in pencil (bottom right): removed from Red Lacquer Box, Macknight Room
Provenance
Gift from journalist and author Henry Loomis Nelson (1846-1908) to Isabella Stewart Gardner after the inauguration of President Grover Cleveland in Washington DC on 4 March 1885.
Commentary
This photograph is a memento of the inauguration of President Grover Cleveland in 1885. Isabella and her husband Jack attended the festivities in Washington, DC. After the inauguration, Isabella continued to follow the career of President Cleveland and the First Lady, Frances Folsom Cleveland, whom she met on at least one occasion. She kept this photograph in a box near her desk in the Macknight Room.
Bibliography
Elizabeth Reluga, "Inauguration Day 1885," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 19 January 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/inauguration-day-1885
Gallery
Macknight Room
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