The Capital of the Tycoon, Volume II
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 4 cm (8 11/16 x 5 1/2 x 1 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number9.a.2.2
eMuseum ID718761
EmbARK ObjectID17857
TMS Source ID6068
Last Updated8/9/24
DescriptionVol. 2 : col. fronts., ill. (some col.), col. plates, folded col. maps ; 22 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.
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.
MarksNotesSigned in black ink (front flyleaf, top right): M.J. Morgan
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.