Object details
Object number
10.b.1.30
Creator(s)
Title
The History of Little Phoebe and the Reclaimed Child
Date
1812
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
Hartford
Binding Description
Paper binding with printed black ink
Description
31 p. : ill.
Dimensions
9.5 x 5.7 x 0.3 cm (3 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 1/8 in.)
Provenance
In the collection of Gerald Ephraim Hart (1849-1936) until 1890.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the auctioneers Charles F. Libbie and Co., Boston, for $14 for seven chapbooks on 16 April 1890.
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. 15, no. 7c.
Gallery
Blue Room
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