Object details

Object number

S.G.S.3.10

Creator(s)

• Elizabeth Robins Pennell (Philadelphia, 1855 - 1936, New York) - author
• Joseph Pennell (Philadelphia, 1857 - 1926, New York) - author
• J.B. Lippincott Company (active Philadelphia, 1836 - 1978) - publisher
• James McNeill Whistler (Lowell, Massachusetts, 1834 - 1903, London, England) - subject

Title

The Whistler Journal

Date

1921

Medium

Printed ink on paper

Language

English

Publication Place

Philadelphia

Binding Description

half-bound. Spine bound in white paper with gilded title. Boards bound in brown textile.

Description

[2] + xxiii, 339 pages ; 8°

Dimensions

21 x 16.5 x 5.5 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 2 3/16 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Inscribed in pencil (on page xvi, bottom): I.S.G.
Inscribed in pencil (on plate facing page 105, bottom): I.S.G. 
Enclosed: Letter from A. Piatt Andrew, 25 December 1921 (ARC.000245)

Provenance

Christmas gift from American politician and diplomat Abram Piatt Andrew (1873-1936) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 25 December 1921.

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

Gallery

Short Gallery

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