Object details
Object number
10.b.3.8
Creator(s)
Title
Description of the Character, Manners, and Customs of the People of India and of their Institutions, Religious and Civil, Volume II
Date
1818
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
Philadelphia
Binding Description
quarter-bound in brown paper; tan paper; black printed lettering on paper on spine
Description
Description: 2 v. ; 22 cm. (Harvard Copy)
Dimensions
23 x 14.6 x 2.7 cm (9 1/16 x 5 3/4 x 1 1/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Signed in pencil: E.G. Smith
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston on 29 April 1886 for 35 cents (for two volumes).
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
Blue Room
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