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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
The Chap-Book
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Chap-Book

author (Morpeth, 1861 - 1899, Ottawa)
author (Rockland, 1841 -1898, Rockland)
author (Melbourne 1863 - 1921, England)
publisher (active Cambridge, Chicago, New York, 1893 - 1897)
designer (Dixon, 1873 - 1931)
illustrator (Grand Rapids, 1876 - 1945, Santa Fe)
Date1 November 1895
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions19.1 x 11.4 cm (7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.b.1.47
eMuseum ID723553
Previous Number10.b.1.15
TMS Source ID24104
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. 
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection after 1 November 1895.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Herbert Stuart Stone
1894
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Katharine Bates
15 December 1894
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Archibald Constable & Co.
1912
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Archibald Constable & Co.
1922
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Archibald Cary Coolidge
21 January 1922
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Archibald Cary Coolidge
13 December 1921
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Archibald Cary Coolidge
late 19th century - early 20th century
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Archibald Cary Coolidge
late 19th century - early 20th century
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Archibald Cary Coolidge
early 20th century
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Archibald Cary Coolidge
20 March 1919