Drift-Weed

author Celia Thaxter (Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1835 - 1894, Appledore Island, Isle of Shoals, Maine)

publisher Houghton, Mifflin and Company (active Boston and New York, 1880 - 2007)

printer Riverside Press (active Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1852 - 1971)

Date1884

MediumPrinted ink on paper with watercolor drawings

Dimensions15.2 x 11.4 x 2.2 cm (6 x 4 1/2 x 7/8 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number10.b.1.2

eMuseum ID722298

EmbARK ObjectID17927

TMS Source ID6111

Last Updated8/9/24

Description152 p. ; 15 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #007025337)

Status

Not on view

Web Commentary

The author Celia Thaxter hand painted watercolor illustrations in this copy of her 1884 book of poems. Living most of her life on the Isles of Shoals, Thaxter drew inspiration from her coastal environment. Her home on Appledore Island was a gathering place for many literary and artistic luminaries of the day, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sarah Orne Jewett, and Childe Hassam.

Isabella displayed this book of poetry in the Blue Room.

BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 67. ("...illustrated with water-color illustrations by the author")

MarksNotesInscribed in black ink (on title page) in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand: I.S. Gardner / March 14. 1885.
Illustrated with watercolor drawings by the author.
Enclosed (pasted on page): Line of music by Beethoven (ARC.009899)
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Celia Thaxter (1835-1894), 20 March 1885 (ARC.005564)

ProvenanceNotesGift from author Celia Thaxter (1835-1894) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 14 March 1885.