Object details
Object number
9.e.3.8
Creator(s)
Title
French Iconography: Choice of Two Hundred Portraits of Men and Women Who Have been Acquired in France Between the Reigns of Charles VII and Louis XVI: Volume II [Iconographie Française, Tome Second]
Date
1840
Medium
Printed ink on paper, lithographs
Language
French
Publication Place
Paris
Binding Description
Dark purple leather binding with gilded decoration on front and back boards and gilded lettering on spine
Description
3 v., F6
Dimensions
50.5 x 34 x 5 cm (19 7/8 x 13 3/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Bookplate (inside front cover, center): Frederick Burgess / Burgess Hall, Finchley
Provenance
A gift from English art collector and author Frank Hall Standish (1799-1840) to Louis Philippe Albert d'Orleans, Count of Paris (1838-1894), in 1841.
In the collection of Frederick Burgess, London, late 19th century.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller Charles E. Lauriat Co., Boston for $200 on 21 July 1922.
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
Macknight Room
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