Object details
Object number
ARC.006522
Creator(s)
Title
Walter Hampden as Hamlet
Date
1920
Medium
Ink on gelatin silver print
Language
English
Dimensions
25.3 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Signed and dated in ink (top left): With happy memories of my visit / to Mrs. Gardner at Fenway Court / Sincerely / Walter Hampden
Signed in red ink (bottom left): Moffett
Provenance
Enclosed in a letter from the actor Walter Hampden (1879-1955) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 24 January 1921.
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
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), pp.118-121, fig. 64.
Gallery
Long Gallery
Case
Modern Actors Case
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