Object details
Object number
10.a.1.21
Creator(s)
Title
The Rescue of an Old Place
Date
1900
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
Boston
Binding Description
green cloth; stamped black lettering; stamped black decoration; gilt lettering on spine
Description
vii, 289 p. ; 19 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #006515688)
Dimensions
17.8 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm (7 x 5 x 1 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in black ink (on flyleaf): To / Mrs. Gardner / True artist and earnest worker, / from her friend / Mary Caroline Robbins / Oct. 1 1901
Enclosed (pasted on back of front cover): Photograph of Overlea House in Hingham (ARC.009821)
Inscribed in black ink (below photograph): Overlea after ten years. 1888-1898
Enclosed: Poem: To Isabella from Mary Caroline Robbins (1841 - 1912) on 1 October 1901 (ARC.005157)
Provenance
Gift from author Mary Caroline Robbins (1841-1912) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 1 October 1901.
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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