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Isabella Stewart Gardner: ‘One of the Seven Wonders of Boston’

By Jon Hersey

Mar 19, 2020
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Mrs. Jack Gardner is one of the seven wonders of Boston. There is nobody like her in any city in this country. She is a millionaire Bohemienne. She is the leader of the smart set, but she often leads where none dare follow. . . . She imitates nobody; everything she does is novel and original. 1 —A Boston reporter

Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840–1924) was a…

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