Object details
Accession number
10.a.1.30
Creators
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Sarah Wyman Whitman
(Lowell, Massachusetts, 1842 - 1904, Boston)
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designer
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich
(Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1836 - 1907, Boston)
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author
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Houghton, Mifflin And Company
(active Boston and New York, 1880 - 2007)
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publisher
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Riverside Press
(active Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1852 - 1971)
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printer
Full title
Wyndham Towers
Creation Date
1889
Language
English
Publication Place
Boston
Binding Description
quarter bound in vellum; green cloth; gilded stamped lettering and decoration; gilded top edge
Description
80 p. ; 21 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #006634048)
Provenance
Gift from author Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 15 December 1889.
Marks
Inscribed in pencil (on front end paper): 125Inscribed in black ink (on front end paper): Mrs. John L. Gardner / With the kindful regads of / T.B. Aldrich / Dec 15th 1889. Inscribed in black ink (on half title page) in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand: Isabella S. Gardner / 1889Enclosed: Clipping with photograph of the Thomas Bailey Aldrich Home at 59 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston (ARC.007828)
Dimensions
20.3 x 14 x 1.3 cm (8 x 5 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Printed ink on paper
Web 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Blue Room
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