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The Tomb of Theophile Gautier
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The Tomb of Theophile Gautier

author (Canisy, Normandy, 1838 - 1912, Paris)
author (Paris, 1842 - 1898, Valvins)
author (London, 1837 - 1909, London)
author (Besançon, 1802 - 1885, Paris)
illustrator (Paris, 1833 - 1914)
Date1873
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number1.a.2.19
eMuseum ID718797
EmbARK ObjectID17722
TMS Source ID5966
Last Updated8/9/24
Description[2], ii, 179 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 23 cm.
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.
MarksNotesInscribed on the frontispiece: Morris Carter from Jack Frothingham.
ProvenanceNotesPossibly belonged to Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909), English poet and literary reviewer: a manuscript of his Ode is enclosed.
Gift to Isabella Stewart Gardner from her assistant Morris Carter (1877-1965), later director of Gardner’s museum (1924-1954) and her first biographer.