The Nightingale
author
Hans Christian Andersen
(Odense, 1805 - 1875, Copenhagen)
publisher
Merrymount Press
(active Boston, 1893-1949)
illustrator
Mary J. Newill
(active Birmingham and Edgbaston, 19th century - 20th century)
translator
H. W. Dulcken
(British, 1832 - 1894)
Date1896
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions22.5 x 18 x 0.5 cm (8 7/8 x 7 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number7.2.17
eMuseum ID719356
EmbARK ObjectID17834
TMS Source ID6050
Last Updated8/9/24
Description4 p. l., 16, [4] l. incl. 3 blank l. illus. 23 cm.Status
Not on viewWeb 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.
BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 5.
Susan Sinclair and Philip B. Eppard. Catalogue of Children’s Books from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Collection and the Personal Libraries of John Lowell and Isabella Stewart Gardner (Boston, 1988), p. 27, no. 31.
Susan Sinclair and Philip B. Eppard. Catalogue of Children’s Books from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Collection and the Personal Libraries of John Lowell and Isabella Stewart Gardner (Boston, 1988), p. 27, no. 31.
MarksNotesSigned in blue ink in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand (front flyleaf): Isabella Stewart Gardner / from / Clayton Johns / Christmas 1902 / Fenway Court
ProvenanceNotesGift from the American composer Clayton Johns (1857-1932) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 25 December 1902.
