Object details

Object number

8.a.1.17

Creator(s)

• Illustrated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (Southsea, England, 1850 - 1935, Geneva) - author
• Illustrated by Hasegawa Takejiro (Tokyo, 1853 - 1938) - publisher
• Illustrated by Ticknor And Company (Boston, 1885 - 1908) - publisher

Title

The Birds' Party

Date

1887

Medium

Printed ink and color on paper

Language

English

Publication Place

Tokyo

Binding Description

Silk stab tied

Description

v. col. fronts., col. illus.

Dimensions

18.5 x 12.5 cm (7 5/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the East Asian art dealer, Otto Fukushima, New York for $1.50 for sixteen volumes on 16 December 1893. 

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

Susan Sinclair and Philip B. Eppard. Catalogue of Children’s Books from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Collection and the Personal Libraries of John Lowell and Isabella Stewart Gardner (Boston, 1988), p. 46.

Gallery

Long Gallery

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