Object details
Object number
8.a.2.12
Creator(s)
Title
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with Forty-Two Illustrations
Date
1872
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
London
Binding Description
Red textile binding with gilded decoration on front and back covers; gilded lettering on spine
Description
[8], 192 p., 12°
Dimensions
19 x 13 x 2 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 13/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Signed in black ink (half-title page, top): I.S. Gardner
Enclosed: Letter to General Rigaud (ARC.001870)
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection after 1872.
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. 44.
Gallery
Long Gallery
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