The Pipe of Desire

author George Edward Barton (American)

publisher Old Corner Book Store (American, active 1828 - 1903)

printer Daniel Berkeley Updike (Providence, Rhode Island, 1860 - 1941, Boston)

composer F.S. Converse (Newton, Massachusetts, 1871 - 1940, Westwood, Massachusetts)

Date1905

Place MadeUnited States, North America

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions19.5 x 11.9 cm (7 11/16 x 4 11/16 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number10.b.1.12

eMuseum ID720925

EmbARK ObjectID17795

TMS Source ID6012

Last Updated8/9/24

Description19 p. ; 20 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.

BibliographyNotesJulian Pearce Smith. Notes on the Merrymount Press & its work: with views of the press at various periods, specimens of types alluded to, &c., &c., &c. (San Francisco, 1975), p. 227.

MarksNotesInscribed in blue ink (on front end page) in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand: Isabella Stewart Gardner / Oct. 19. 1905.
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from F.S. Converse (1871-1940) (ARC.000847)

ProvenanceNotesGift from composer F.S. Converse (1871-1940) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 16 October 1905.