The Capital of the Tycoon, Volume I

publisher Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans (British, 1724 - 1974)

author Rutherford Alcock (Ealing, 1809 - 1897, London)

printer Spottiswoode & Co. (active London, 1845 - 1970)

Date1863

MediumPrinted ink on paper, with chromolithography

Dimensions22 x 14 x 3.8 cm (8 11/16 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number9.a.2.1

eMuseum ID718777

EmbARK ObjectID17855

TMS Source ID6067

Last Updated8/9/24

Description2 v. : col. fronts., ill. (some col.), col. plates, folded col. maps ; 22 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.

BibliographyNotesThomas Ellis Kirby. Catalogue of the art collection formed by the late Mrs. Mary J. Morgan to be sold by auction ... : by order of the administrator, William Moir ... March 3d, 4th and 5th ... at Chickering Hall ... continuing ... March 8th, and following days at the American Art Galleries ... (New York, 1886), p. 199.---Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 1.

MarksNotesInscribed in black ink (front flyleaf, reverse): 1359/2
Inscribed in pencil ( front flyleaf, reverse): The best works on Japan. After British / Minister / 150 Illustrations from nature / Drawings etc
Signed in black ink (page after front flyleaf, top right): M.J. Morgan
Inscribed in pencil (page after front flyleaf, center): Mrs. Mary J. Morgan / Library sold 1886

ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Mary Jane Sexton Morgan sale at the American Art Galleries, New York on 11 March 1886, lot 1359.