Graffiti of Italy
author
William Wetmore Story
(Salem, Massachusetts, 1819 - 1895, Vallombrosa, Italy)
publisher
William Blackwood and Sons
(active Edinburgh and London, 1804 - 1980)
printer
William Blackwood and Sons
(active Edinburgh and London, 1804 - 1980)
Date1875
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions17.8 x 13.3 x 3.8 cm (7 x 5 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.a.1.19
eMuseum ID722055
EmbARK ObjectID17965
TMS Source ID6128
Last Updated8/9/24
Descriptionviii, 407 p. ; 18 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #008973762)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.
MarksNotesEnclosed (pasted on front end paper): Stationary printed in red ink, Tanglewood / Lenox, Mass. (ARC.009820)
Inscribed in pencil (on stationary): No cloud in the morning there came / Noon gladly in radiance passed / But Eve sawn no sorrow or shame / Where my whole brought my first to my last
Inscribed in pencil (on flyleaf): dbt / 17/6
Inscribed in black ink (on title page) in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand: I.S. Gardner / 1882
Inscribed in pencil (on stationary): No cloud in the morning there came / Noon gladly in radiance passed / But Eve sawn no sorrow or shame / Where my whole brought my first to my last
Inscribed in pencil (on flyleaf): dbt / 17/6
Inscribed in black ink (on title page) in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand: I.S. Gardner / 1882
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection between 1875 and 1882.
Thomas Waldo Story
1895-1896
