The Rescue of an Old Place
author
Mary Caroline Robbins
(1841 - 1912)
printer
Riverside Press
(active Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1852 - 1971)
publisher
Houghton, Mifflin and Company
(active Boston and New York, 1880 - 2007)
Date1900
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions17.8 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm (7 x 5 x 1 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.a.1.21
eMuseum ID721521
EmbARK ObjectID17967
TMS Source ID6130
Last Updated8/9/24
Descriptionvii, 289 p. ; 19 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #006515688)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.
MarksNotesInscribed in black ink (on flyleaf): To / Mrs. Gardner / True artist and earnest worker, / from her friend / Mary Caroline Robbins / Oct. 1 1901
Enclosed (pasted on back of front cover): Photograph of Overlea House in Hingham (ARC.009821)
Inscribed in black ink (below photograph): Overlea after ten years. 1888-1898
Enclosed: Poem: To Isabella from Mary Caroline Robbins (1841 - 1912) on 1 October 1901 (ARC.005157)
Enclosed (pasted on back of front cover): Photograph of Overlea House in Hingham (ARC.009821)
Inscribed in black ink (below photograph): Overlea after ten years. 1888-1898
Enclosed: Poem: To Isabella from Mary Caroline Robbins (1841 - 1912) on 1 October 1901 (ARC.005157)
ProvenanceNotesGift from author Mary Caroline Robbins (1841-1912) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 1 October 1901.
Object/Enclosure