Object details
Accession number
ARC.005208
Creators
Full title
Paul Revere's Ride
Creation Date
1860
Object Case
Crawford / Chapman Case
Language
English
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the scholar and critic Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908), Cambridge on 13 November 1902 for $1500 for a group of three manuscripts and an accompanying letter (ARC.005208, ARC.001493, ARC.005169, ARC.009209).
Marks
Inscribed in pencil (first page, upper left): Hennessy
Inscribed in pencil in James Thomas Fields' hand (second page, lower left): omit
Signed in pen (pasted on ninth page, lower right): Henry W. Longfellow
Dimensions
22.2 x 18.3 cm (8 3/4 x 7 3/16 in.)
Display Media
Ink on paper
Web 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Blue Room
Bibliography
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "Paul Revere's Ride." The Atlantic (January 1861).
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