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Thoughts on the Services
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Thoughts on the Services

author (Mendham, New Jersey, 1818 - 1896)
publisher (active Philadelphia, 1836 - 1978)
Date1863
Place MadePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions15.5 x 10.5 cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberU33w92
eMuseum ID729265
EmbARK ObjectID35778
TMS Source ID18736
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryIsabella 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.
MarksNotesPrinted and inscribed in ink (on card, pasted inside front cover): "Promise unto the Lord your God and keep it."--Psalm lxxbi. 11. / This is to Certify / That Isabella S. Gardner / received the Apostolic Rite of Laying on of hands, / At a Confirmation, holden in the Parish Church / of the Emmanuel, Boston by the Right Rev. / father in God, Manton Eastburn D.D. / Bishop of Mass. on Sunday 2nd after / Easter. April 10, 1864.
Inscribed in ink (recto of first page, center): Isabella S. Gardner. / with the faithful / + affec. regards of / her Rector / F.D.H. / Apr. 10. '64.
Enclosed: Paper with list of saints' names and poem
Enclosed: Watercolor in an envelope with the title "The Narrow Way."
Enclosed: Prayer card with biblical quotes related to Easter
ProvenanceNotesGift from The Rev. Dr. Frederic Dan Huntington (1819-1904) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on the day of her Confirmation at Emmanuel Church, Boston, 10 April 1864.