Object details
Object number
10.c.2.2
Creator(s)
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(Portland, Maine, 1807 - 1882, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
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author
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Charles Eliot Norton
(Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1827 - 1908, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
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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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Riverside Press
(active Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1852 - 1971)
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printer
Title
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: A Sketch of his Life
Date
1906
Medium
Printed ink on paper with photogravure and photographic prints
Language
English
Publication Place
Boston; New York
Binding Description
red cloth; gilt lettering on spine
Description
v, 120 p., ports., 19 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #100324583)
Dimensions
22.9 x 14 x 1.9 cm (9 x 5 1/2 x 3/4 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in black ink (on front end paper): I.S. Gardner / from / S.O. Jewett / March 1907
Illustrated with a photographic print of an original painting by G.P.A. Healy and a photogravure print by an unknown photographer.
Provenance
Gift from novelist Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, March 1907.
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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