Object details
Accession number
7.T.3
Creators
Full title
Verses: Dedicated to Her Mother
Creation Date
1847
Object Case
Contemporary Authors Case
Language
English
Publication Place
London
Description
[4], 66 pages ; 17 cm.
Provenance
In the collection of book collector, Dr. David Hunt, Boston. Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Hunt sale for $18 on 20 November, 1891, lot 2574, through the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie, Boston.
Marks
Signed by the author on the cover, which is bound in.
Dimensions
17.1 x 11 x 1.3 cm (6 3/4 x 4 5/16 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
Long Gallery
Bibliography
Linda V. Hewitt. "Love's Greeting." Fenway Court (Aug. 1969), p. 72.
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. 48.
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