Object details
Object number
10.a.3.9
Creator(s)
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Sarah Orne Jewett
(South Berwick, Maine, 1849 - 1909, South Berwick, Maine)
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author
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Houghton, Mifflin And Company
(active Boston and New York, 1880 - 2007)
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publisher
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Riverside Press
(active Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1852 - 1971)
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printer
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Sarah Wyman Whitman
(Lowell, Massachusetts, 1842 - 1904, Boston)
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designer
Title
The Tory Lover
Date
1901
Medium
Printed ink on paper with a photogravure print
Language
English
Publication Place
Boston, New York
Binding Description
red cloth; gilt stamped lettering with a gilt stamped crest
Description
405 p., front., plates. ; 20 cm. (Boston College rec. #02843229)
Dimensions
20.3 x 13.3 x 3.2 cm (8 x 5 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in black ink (on front end page) in Sarah Orne Jewett's hand: For Mrs. Gardner / This story of Hamilton House in / 'old Berwich' - with thanks for / two great pleasures - from / Sarah Orne Jewett / April 1903
Illustrated with a photogravure print by an unknown illustrator.
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from William James, Jr. (1882-1961) on 7 August 1911 (ARC.002165)
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) between October and November 1902 (ARC.002265)
Enclosed: Newspaper clipping "Sarah Orne Jewett", 1901 (ARC.002269)
Enclosed: Postcard to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Henry C. Mercer (1856-1930), late 19th - early 20th century(ARC.002326)
Provenance
Gift from author Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) to Isabella Stewart Gardner in April 1903.
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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