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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
The Pipe of Desire
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Pipe of Desire

author (American)
publisher (American, active 1828 - 1903)
printer (Providence, Rhode Island, 1860 - 1941, Boston)
composer (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.