Object details
Object number
8.a.2.10
Creator(s)
Title
The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony, in Eight Fits
Date
1876
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
London
Binding Description
Cream textile binding with elaborate illustration on front and back boards, lettering on spine
Description
xi, 83 pages : ill. ; 19 cm.
Dimensions
19 x 13 x 1.5 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 9/16 in.)
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection after 1876.
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. 24, no. 26, ill.
Gallery
Long Gallery
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