Object details
Object number
10.c.1.4
Creator(s)
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Bret Harte
(Albany, New York, 1836 - 1902, Camberley, England)
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author
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Houghton, Mifflin And Company
(active Boston and New York, 1880 - 2007)
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publisher
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Edmund Evans
(London, 1826 - 1905, Isle of Wight)
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printer
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Edmund Evans
(London, 1826 - 1905, Isle of Wight)
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engraver
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Kate Greenaway
(London, 1846 - 1901, London)
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illustrator
Title
The Queen of Pirate Isle
Date
1887
Medium
Printed ink on paper with chromolithographs
Language
English
Publication Place
Boston
Binding Description
tan cloth; double fillet
Description
58 p., col. ill., 22 cm. (OCLC rec. #3012638)
Dimensions
9 x 6 3/4 x 1/2 in. (22.9 x 17.1 x 1.3 cm)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Enclosed: Newspaper clipping of illustrator Kate Greenaway (1846-1901) and an image of author Bret Harte (1836-1902) (10.c.1.4.x.1-2).
Illustrated with chromolithographs by Kate Greenaway (1846-1901).
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection after 1887.
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
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. 37, no. 52.
Gallery
Blue Room
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