Object details
Accession number
10.c.2.2
Creators
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(Portland, Maine, 1807 - 1882, 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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Charles Eliot Norton
(Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1827 - 1908, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
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author
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Riverside Press
(active Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1852 - 1971)
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printer
Full title
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: A Sketch of his Life
Creation Date
1906
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)
Provenance
Gift from novelist Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, March 1907.
Marks
Inscribed in black ink (on front end paper): I.S. Gardner / from / S.O. Jewett / March 1907Illustrated with a photographic print of an original painting by G.P.A. Healy and a photogravure print by an unknown photographer.
Dimensions
22.9 x 14 x 1.9 cm (9 x 5 1/2 x 3/4 in.)
Display Media
Printed ink on paper with photogravure and photographic prints
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
Rights and reproductions
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