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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Mr. Isaacs : A Tale of Modern India
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Mr. Isaacs : A Tale of Modern India

author (Bagni di Lucca, Italy, 1854 - 1909, Sorrento, Italy)
publisher (active London, 1843 - 1896)
printer (active Edinburgh, 1846 - 1917)
Date1882
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumPrinted ink on paper; vellum binding with gilding
Dimensions19.1 x 13.3 x 4.4 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.a.1.9
eMuseum ID720879
EmbARK ObjectID17984
TMS Source ID6147
Last Updated8/9/24
Description316 p. 20 cm.
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.
BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 20. (First copy of first edition with manuscript sonnet)
MarksNotesPoem inscribed in blue ink (on fly leaf) in F. Marion Crawford's hand
Enclosed: Pressed flower (ARC.009819)
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from F. Marion Crawford, late 19th - early 20th century. (ARC.001076)
Enclosed: "Death of Jacob of Simla: Kipling’s Lurgan Sahib" Article (ARC.007825)
Enclosed: Fragment of letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from F. Marion Crawford, about 1883 (ARC.008987)


ProvenanceNotesProbably a gift from Francis Marion Crawford to Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1882.