Object details
Object number
8.a.2.19
Creator(s)
Title
The Rose Garden of Persia
Date
1845
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
London
Binding Description
Brown leather binding with gilded decoration on boards and gilded decoration and lettering on spine
Description
xvi, 193 pages : ill. ; 20 cm.
Dimensions
19 x 11.5 x 2.5 cm (7 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 1 in.)
Provenance
Collection of author and collector Gerald E. Hart (1849-1936), Montreal.
Offered at the sale of the Hart collection from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F Libbie & Co., Boston on 16 April 1890, lot 669.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from publisher and collector, Walter E. Benjamin (1859-1940), New York for $3.25, lot 37 after 1890.
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
Long Gallery
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