Object details
Object number
10.a.1.19
Creator(s)
Title
Graffiti of Italy [Graffiti d'Italia]
Date
1875
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
London
Binding Description
brown cloth; gilt stamped decoration; gilt stamped lettering on spine
Description
viii, 407 p. ; 18 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #008973762)
Dimensions
17.8 x 13.3 x 3.8 cm (7 x 5 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Enclosed (pasted on front end paper): Stationary printed in red ink, Tanglewood / Lenox, Mass. (ARC.009820)
Inscribed in pencil (on stationary): No cloud in the morning there came / Noon gladly in radiance passed / But Eve sawn no sorrow or shame / Where my whole brought my first to my last
Inscribed in pencil (on flyleaf): dbt / 17/6
Inscribed in black ink (on title page) in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand: I.S. Gardner / 1882
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection between 1875 and 1882.
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.
Gallery
Blue Room
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