Object details
Object number
8.a.2.20
Creator(s)
Title
The Rose and the Ring; or, The History of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo, a Fireside Pantomime for Great and Small Children
Date
1871
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
New York
Binding Description
Dark green textile binding with gilded lettering and decoration on covers and spine
Description
148 pages: ill. ; 17 cm.
Dimensions
17 x 14 x 1.5 cm (6 11/16 x 5 1/2 x 9/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf, top): o/o null
Inscribed in black ink (front flyleaf, center): I.S.G. / from / H.A.
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf, bottom): Henry Adams.
Provenance
Gift from historian, novelist, and critic Henry Adams (1838–1918) to Isabella Stewart Gardner at an unknown date.
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.
Bibliography
Susan Sinclair and Philip B. Eppard. Catalogue of Children’s Books from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Collection and the Personal Libraries of John Lowell and Isabella Stewart Gardner (Boston, 1988), p. 26, no. 29, ill.
Gallery
Long Gallery
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