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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Seaward
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Seaward

author (1864 - 1900)
publisher (active Boston, 1868 - 1905)
Date1893
MediumPrinted ink on paper with a lithograph
Dimensions21 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm (8 1/4 x 6 x 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.a.3.14
eMuseum ID720761
EmbARK ObjectID17990
TMS Source ID6151
Last Updated8/9/24
Description[54] : illus ; 21 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #008968571)
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. 37. 
MarksNotesInscribed in black ink (on flyleaf): Mrs. John L. Gardner / with the cordial regards of / Richard Hovey / May 6 1893.
Illustrated with a lithograph by an unknown illustrator.
Enclosed: Print of Henri Marteau (ARC.007834)
Enclosed: Visiting Card from Richard Hovey (1864-1900) (ARC.007835)
inscribed in ink (lower right): 3238 Forest Ave. 
ProvenanceNotesGift from author Richard Hovey (1864-1900) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 6 May 1893.
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Richard Hovey
19th century
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