Object details

Object number

8.c.2.bh.3

Creator(s)

• Edgar Allan Poe (Boston, 1809 - 1849, Baltimore) - author
• Richard Lesclide (Bordeaux, 1825 - 1892, Paris) - publisher
• Édouard Manet (Paris, 1832 - 1883, Paris) - illustrator
• Stéphane Mallarmé (Paris, 1842 - 1898, Valvins) - translator

Title

The Raven [Le corbeau]

Date

1875

Medium

Printed ink on paper with four brush transfer lithographs

Language

English

Publication Place

Paris

Binding Description

Red cloth

Description

[12] pages, [4] leaves of plates : 4 ill. (lithographs) ; 55 cm.

Dimensions

55 cm (21 5/8 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Inscribed in ink (on fly leaf): No 223 [of an edition of 240]
Signed in ink (on fly leaf): Stéphane Mallarmé
Signed in ink (on fly leaf): E. Manet

Provenance

Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Dr. M. Sloog of The XVIIIth Century Shop, New York on 25 May 1918 for $75.

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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