Dreams
author
Olive Schreiner
(Wittebergen, Cape Colony, 1855 - 1920, Cape Town, South Africa)
publisher
Roberts Brothers
(active Boston, 1861 - 1898)
printer
John Wilson and Son
(active Boston and Cambridge, about 1853 - 1879)
Date1891
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions17.8 x 12.7 x 1.9 cm (7 x 5 x 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.a.1.23
eMuseum ID721462
EmbARK ObjectID17969
TMS Source ID6132
Last Updated8/9/24
Description182 p. front. 18 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #007649442)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.
MarksNotesPrinted on self-adhesive paper label (on front end page): W.B. Clarke & Co. / Booksellers & stationers / Boston
Inscribed in pencil (on flyleaf): 3 x / cdu / lx / Pc. 3/97
Inscribed in black ink (on flyleaf): Isabella S. Gardner / from / W. Sturgis Bigelow / 1891
Illustrated with a photographic print of Olive Schreiner by an unknown photographer.
Inscribed in pencil (on flyleaf): 3 x / cdu / lx / Pc. 3/97
Inscribed in black ink (on flyleaf): Isabella S. Gardner / from / W. Sturgis Bigelow / 1891
Illustrated with a photographic print of Olive Schreiner by an unknown photographer.
ProvenanceNotesGift from collector William Sturgis Bigelow (1850-1926) to Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1891.
