Object details
Accession number
10.b.1.28
Creators
Full title
The Famous History of Whittington and His Cat
Creation Date
1788
Language
English
Publication Place
Hartford
Binding Description
brown paper with green decoration
Description
[2], 28, [2] p. : ill. ; 10 cm. (32mo)
Provenance
Collection of Gerald Ephraim Hart (1849-1936), Montreal, by 1890.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from auctioneers Charles F. Libbie and Co., Boston, for $14 on 16 April 1890, lot 588. (with six other chapbooks,10.b.1.27-33)
Marks
Inscribed in black ink: Whitting nd/ his Cat/ M Sally/ Sally Loomis Inscribed in black ink (on page 28): Sally Loomis Inscribed in black ink (inside back cover): Loomis Sally
Dimensions
9.5 x 6.4 x 0.3 cm (3 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 1/8 in.)
Display Media
Printed ink on paper
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner was a voracious reader, and books were the first objects that she collected. Of the 2700 books she acquired for her museum, about 120 can be considered children's books.
This title is a classic tale of a young orphaned boy's rise to wealth and high office in London.
Permanent Gallery Location
Blue Room
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. 16, no. 7e, ill.
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