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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
The Domestic and Artistic Life of John Singleton Copley, R.A.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Domestic and Artistic Life of John Singleton Copley, R.A.

author (1812 - 1880)
publisher (active Boston and New York, 1880 - 2007)
printer (active Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1852 - 1971)
engraver (active Boston, 1837 - 1913)
Date1882
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumPrinted ink on paper with an engraving
Dimensions21.6 x 14 x 5.1 cm (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.a.3.17
eMuseum ID720942
EmbARK ObjectID17794
TMS Source ID6011
Last Updated8/9/24
Descriptionxii, 478 p. port. 23 cm. (Boston College rec. #00087660)
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.
BibliographyNotes
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 5.


MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (on flyleaf): In memories for / Mrs Gardner - with the / fidelity - of inheritance[?] / Sep - 1900
Illustrated with an engraving by Frederick T. Stuart (1837-1913) after a portrait by John Singleton Copley (1738-1815).
Enclosed: Christmas gift tag (ARC.007838)
inscribed (on reverse): Merry Christmas to the Assistant Boss

ProvenanceNotesPossibly entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection in September, 1900.