Object details

Accession number

10.a.1.22

Creators

• John Milton Hay (Salem, Indiana, 1838 - 1905, Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire) - author
• Welch, Bigelow & Co. (active, Cambridge, Massachusetts,1859-1894) - printer
• James R. Osgood And Company (active Boston, 1870 - 1885) - publisher

Full title

Pike County Ballads and Other Pieces

Creation Date

1871

Language

English

Publication Place

Boston

Binding Description

red leather; gilt stamped lettering

Description

ix, [11]-167 p. 18 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #001693828)

Provenance

Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection after 1871.

Marks

Inscribed in pencil (on front end paper): [square] X / 150Inscribed in pencil (on flyleaf) in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand: I.S. Gardner Enclosed: Photograph of the Interior of John Hay's House in Washington D.C. (ARC.009165)

Dimensions

17.8 x 12.1 x 1.9 cm (7 x 4 3/4 x 3/4 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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