Object details
Object number
7.T.3
Creator(s)
Title
Verses: Dedicated to Her Mother
Date
1847
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
London
Binding Description
Three-quarters bound: Burgundy leather spine and corners, red, blue, cream, green, and yellow marbled paper boards. Gilded lettering on spine, red, green, and cream ribbon bookmark
Description
[4], 66 pages ; 17 cm.
Dimensions
17.1 x 11 x 1.3 cm (6 3/4 x 4 5/16 x 1/2 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf reverse, top left corner): 965 [crossed out] / 2574
Inscribed in black ink (reader's note): December / eleven
Enclosed: Autograph letter. (ARC.009890)
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.
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
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.
Gallery
Long Gallery
Case
Contemporary Authors Case
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