Object details
Object number
8.c.2.19
Creator(s)
Title
A Christmas Carol: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
Date
1887
Medium
Printed ink on paper, photogravure illustrations printed on Japanese paper
Language
English
Publication Place
Boston
Binding Description
half black moiré textile with dark teal textile sides, gilding along border of the two textiles and gilded illustration and title
Description
121 pages, 23 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 27 cm
Dimensions
41.9 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm (16 1/2 x 12 x 1 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in pencil (inside front cover, top right): 20.00
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection after 1887.
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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