Object details

Object number

10.c.1.12

Creator(s)

• Victor Emmanuel Chapman (New York, 1890 - 1916, Douaumont, France) - author
• The Macmilllan Company (active New York, 1896-1961) - publisher
• John Jay Chapman (New York, 1862 - 1933, Poughkeepsie, New York) - contributor

Title

Victor Chapman's Letters from France, with memoir by John Jay Chapman

Date

1917

Medium

Printed ink on paper

Language

English

Publication Place

New York

Binding Description

blue cloth; stamped gilt crest; gilt stamped spine

Description

6 p. L., [3]-196 p. front., plates, ports. 20 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #000447482)

Dimensions

8 x 5 1/2 x 1 in. (20.3 x 14 x 2.5 cm)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Inscribed in black ink (on front end paper): Mrs Gardner / with many memories / from John Jay Chapman / June 1st 1917
Printed on a self-adhesive paper label (on paste down end paper): The Gift / of / John Jay Chapman / Memorial Edition 

Provenance

Gift from author John Jay Chapman (1862-1933) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 1 June 1917.

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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