Object details

Object number

10.b.1.7

Creator(s)

• Owen Wister (Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1860 - 1938, Saunderstown, Rhode Island) - author
• Macmillan Company (active New York, 1896 - 1965) - publisher
• Norwood Press (active Norwood, Massachusetts, 1894 - ) - printer
• Lester Ralph (active New York, 1877 - 1927) - illustrator
• Vernon Howe Bailey (Camden, New Jersey, 1874 - 1953, New York, New York) - illustrator

Title

Lady Baltimore

Date

1906

Medium

Printed ink on Japanese vellum with lithographs and photogravure prints

Language

English

Publication Place

New York

Binding Description

brown cloth; gilt stamped lettering; gilt stamped lettering on spine; gilded top edge

Description

xiii, 406 p. incl. illus., 12 pl. : front. ; 20 cm.

Dimensions

22.7 x 14.9 x 2.8 cm (8 15/16 x 5 7/8 x 1 1/8 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Inscribed in black ink (on front end page) in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand: Isabella Stewart Gardner / from / Owen Wister April 1906
Illustrated with lithographs by Vernon Howe Bailey (1874-1953) and photogravure prints by Lester Ralph (1877-1927)
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Owen Wister (1860-1938), 20th century (ARC.005947)

Enclosed: Visiting Card from Owen Wister (1860-1938), 20th century (ARC.007671) 

Provenance

Gift from author Owen Wister (1860-1938) to Isabella Stewart Gardner in April 1906.

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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