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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
The Comic History of Rome
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Comic History of Rome

author (Hampstead, 1811 - 1856, Boulogne)
illustrator (London, 1817 - 1864, London)
printer (active London, 1867 - 1872)
Date1851
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions22 x 15 x 3 cm (8 11/16 x 5 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number9.c.3.18
eMuseum ID717739
EmbARK ObjectID17872
TMS Source ID6081
Last Updated8/9/24
Descriptionxii, 308 p. illus., 10 col. pl. (incl. front.) 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.
BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 1.
MarksNotesI.S. Gardner / from her affte husband / April 14th 1864
ProvenanceNotes
Birthday gift from John L. Gardner Jr. (1837–1898) to his wife Isabella Stewart Gardner on 14 April 1864.