Object details
Accession number
8.a.2.42
Creators
Full title
Tales of my Landlord
Creation Date
1816
Language
English
Publication Place
Edinburgh
Description
4 v. ; 18 cm.
Provenance
Collection of the Beckford Library, Hamilton Palace, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Collection of author and collector Gerald E. Hart (1849-1936), Montreal.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hart sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston, for $8.75 (for this and three volumes of The Antiquary, Edinburgh,1816, accession numbers 8.a.2.44-46) ) on 18 April 1890, lot 2186.
Marks
Notes: From the Beckford Library. Wtih MS notes by Beckford.
Display Media
Ink on paper
Web Commentary
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Permanent Gallery Location
Long Gallery
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