Object details
Accession number
v.2.b.3.39
Creators
Full title
The Crimson Blind
Creation Date
1905
Language
English
Publication Place
London
Binding Description
red cloth
Description
1 vol., 320 p., 16°
Provenance
Purchased by the actress, singer and poet Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood, 1871-1961) from the bookseller B. H. Blackwell, Oxford.
Gift from Gretchen Warren to Isabella Stewart Gardner in the early 20th century.
Marks
Inscribed in blue ink (frontispiece): I.S.G. / from
Inscribed in black ink (frontispiece): Gretchen Warren
Printed label: B. H. Blackwell, Bookseller / 50 & 51 Broad St., Oxford
Dimensions
16.19 x 11.11 x 1.91 cm (6 3/8 x 4 3/8 x 3/4 in.)
Display Media
Printed ink on paper
Web Commentary
Isabella's friend Gretchen Osgood Warren gave her books that cover a wide range of genres. This detective novel features three young girls who band together to solve a case featuring a down-on-its-luck family.
Permanent Gallery Location
Vatichino
Bibliography
Christina Nielsen (ed.). Sargent on Location: Gardner's First Artist-in-Residence. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2018), p. 60, no. 16.
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