Object details

Object number

10.a.1.10

Creator(s)

• Richard Harding Davis (Philadelphia, 1864 - 1916, Mount Kisco, New York) - author
• Harper & Brothers (active New York, 1833 - 1962) - publisher
• Charles Dana Gibson (Roxbury, 1867 - 1944, New York) - illustrator

Title

Van Bibber and Others

Date

1893

Medium

Printed ink on paper with lithographs

Language

English

Publication Place

New York

Binding Description

green cloth; gilt stamped lettering; brown stamped decoration; gilt lettering on spine

Description

249 p., front. ; 19 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #100631470)

Dimensions

19.1 x 12.7 x 3.8 cm (7 1/2 x 5 x 1 1/2 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Inscription in black ink (on title page) in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand: Isabella S. Gardner / September 1893.
Illustrated with lithographs by Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944)

Provenance

Probably entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection in September 1893.

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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