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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
The Hessians and the Other German Auxiliaries of Great Britain in the Revolutionary War
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Hessians and the Other German Auxiliaries of Great Britain in the Revolutionary War

author (Boston, 1845 - 1894, Cotuit, Massachusetts)
publisher (active New York, 1833 - 1962)
Date1884
MediumPrinted ink on paper with woodcut prints
Dimensions19.1 x 13.3 x 3.2 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.a.2.14
eMuseum ID720332
EmbARK ObjectID18066
TMS Source ID6160
Last Updated8/9/24
Descriptionviii, 328 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #100330680)
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.
MarksNotesInscribed (on back of front end page) in pencil: 614 / ced / ccu
Inscribed (on title page) in black ink in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand: I.S.G. from / E.J.L.
Printed on self-adhesive paper label (on front end page): W. B. Clarke & Carruth, / Booksellers, / Boston, Mass.
Illustrated with woodcut print plans by an unknown illustrator. 
ProvenanceNotesGift from author Edward J. Lowell (1845-1894) to Isabella Stewart Gardner after 1884.