Object details
Accession number
10.b.2.23
Creators
Full title
Outdoor Sketching, Four Talks Given Before the Art Institute of Chicago
Creation Date
1915
Language
English
Publication Place
New York
Binding Description
quarter-bound in white cloth; green paper with green stamped lettering and stamped easel decoration; green stamped lettering on spine
Description
5 p. l., 146 p. front., illus. (part col.) 19.5cm. (Columbia University copy)
Provenance
Gift from the author, artist Francis Hopkinson Smith to Isabella Stewart Gardner in March 1915.
Marks
Inscribed in pencil (on title page): For my good friend / Mrs. I.S. Gardner, / One who Knows. / F. Hopkinson Smith / Mar. 1915Enclosed Francis Hopkinson Smith's visiting card with the inscription: A note of color for a / pure gold woman / in an old gold room / FHS (ARC.009914)Inscribed in pencil in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand (to the right of the visiting card): with flowers / 2 weeks before he died
Dimensions
19.7 x 13.7 x 1.9 cm (7 3/4 x 5 3/8 x 3/4 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
Blue Room
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