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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
A Book of Day-Dreams
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

A Book of Day-Dreams

author (1854 - 1925)
Date1888
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions18.4 x 13.3 x 1.9 cm (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.a.1.12
eMuseum ID721877
EmbARK ObjectID17960
TMS Source ID6123
Last Updated8/9/24
Description1 p. l., [100] p. 19 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #009573026)
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 (on front end paper): Please do return / To Weir Mitchell
Inscribed in pencil (on flyleaf): I.S. Gardner / from / Weir Mitchell 
Inscribed in black ink (on poem I): The changes
Inscribed in pencil (on poem IV): ?
Inscribed in black ink (on poem XLV): oh June
Inscribed in black ink (on poem XCIII): If the Demon be thought why 
ProvenanceNotesGift from physician Silas Weir Mitchell (1829-1914) to Isabella Stewart Gardner after 1888.