A Russian Gentleman

author Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov (Ufa, Russia, 1791 - 1859, Moscow)

publisher Humphrey Milford (active Oxford, 1913 - 1945)

translator J.D. Duff (Aberdeenshire, 1860 - 1940, Cambridge)

Date1923

Place MadeEngland, Europe

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions15.5 x 9.8 x 2.2 cm (6 1/8 x 3 13/16 x 7/8 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number9.b.1.3

eMuseum ID718494

EmbARK ObjectID17858

TMS Source ID6069

Last Updated8/9/24

Description283 pages ; 16 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.

MarksNotesInscribed in black ink (front flyleaf, top): With best wishes for / Dear Mrs. Gardner / Charles Loeffler / Dec. 1923
Enclosed: Christmas card from Rose Phinney Gardner (1888-1986) and George Peabody Gardner, Jr. (1889-1976) (ARC.001608)

ProvenanceNotesGift from the composer and violinist Charles Martin Loeffler (1861-1935) to Isabella Stewart Gardner in December 1923.