The Education of Henry Adams

author Henry Adams (Boston, 1838 - 1918, Washington DC)

Date1907

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions33 x 26.7 x 3.8 cm (13 x 10 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number10.c.2.18

eMuseum ID721114

EmbARK ObjectID17800

TMS Source ID6017

Last Updated8/9/24

Descriptionvi, 453 p. ; 33 cm. (Hathi Trust rec. #102286726)

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.

BibliographyNotesErnest Samuels. Henry Adams, the Major Phase (Cambridge, Mass., 1964), p. 332.

MarksNotesInscribed in black ink (on front end page): I.S. Gardner / from / Henry Adams / Jan. 1910
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Evelyn Adams (1848-1927) on 31 March 1918 (ARC.000015)
Enclosed: Clipping from Goodspeed's Book Shop Catalog, October 1922

inscribed in pencil (recto, top): Goodspeed / 10.c.2.18

inscribed in pencil (verso, left): INGERSOLL / LETTER / FILE (ARC.002136)
Enclosed: Copy of a letter from Augustus St. Gaudens (1848-1907) to Henry Adams (1838-1918) on 6 April 1905 (ARC.008895)

ProvenanceNotesGift from author Henry Adams (1838-1918) to Isabella Stewart Gardner in January 1910.