Object details
Object number
1.a.2.19
Creator(s)
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Alphonse Lemerre
(Canisy, Normandy, 1838 - 1912, Paris)
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author
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Stéphane Mallarmé
(Paris, 1842 - 1898, Valvins)
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author
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Algernon Charles Swinburne
(London, 1837 - 1909, London)
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author
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Victor Hugo
(Besançon, 1802 - 1885, Paris)
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author
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Félix Bracquemond
(Paris, 1833 - 1914)
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illustrator
Title
The Tomb of Theophile Gautier [Le tombeau de Theophile Gautier]
Date
1873
Medium
Ink on paper
Language
French
Publication Place
Paris
Description
[2], ii, 179 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 23 cm.
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed on the frontispiece: Morris Carter from Jack Frothingham.
Provenance
Possibly belonged to Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909), English poet and literary reviewer: a manuscript of his Ode is enclosed.
Gift to Isabella Stewart Gardner from her assistant Morris Carter (1877-1965), later director of Gardner’s museum (1924-1954) and her first biographer.
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.
Gallery
Long Gallery
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