Object details
Object number
7.2.17
Creator(s)
Title
The Nightingale
Date
1896
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
Boston
Binding Description
Grey-green paper binding with black printed title and decoration on front cover
Description
4 p. l., 16, [4] l. incl. 3 blank l. illus. 23 cm.
Dimensions
22.5 x 18 x 0.5 cm (8 7/8 x 7 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Signed in blue ink in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand (front flyleaf): Isabella Stewart Gardner / from / Clayton Johns / Christmas 1902 / Fenway Court
Provenance
Gift from the American composer Clayton Johns (1857-1932) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 25 December 1902.
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
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 5.
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. 27, no. 31.
Gallery
Long Gallery
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