Object details
Object number
10.b.2.7
Creator(s)
Title
The Snow-Image: A Childish Miracle
Date
1866
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
New York
Binding Description
brown cloth; gilt stamped lettering; orange end pages
Description
31 p. col. illus. 20 cm.
Dimensions
19.5 x 14 cm (7 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the book dealer, Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston on 29 April 1886 for $0.45.
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
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 34. (first edition)
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. 25, no. 27.
Tiffany York, "The Story of Bus Park: How Isabella's Children's Books Feuled Nari Ward's Imagination," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 14 June 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/story-bus-park-how-isabellas-childrens-books-fueled-nari-wards-imagination
Gallery
Blue Room
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