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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
A Musical Autobiography
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

A Musical Autobiography

author (Esens in East Friesland, Germany, 1835 - 1905, Chicago)
contributor (Boston, 1834 - 1919, Chicago)
publisher (active Chicago, 1844 - 1962)
printer (active Chicago, 1864 - present)
illustrator (active Boston, 1894 - 1925)
Date1905
MediumPrinted ink on paper with photogravure prints
Dimensions23.5 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm (9 1/4 x 6 x 1 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.a.3.1
eMuseum ID720250
EmbARK ObjectID18071
TMS Source ID6165
Last Updated8/9/24
Description2v. fronts., plates, ports., facsims. 23 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #001457773)
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 in brown ink (on front end page) in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand: Isabella Stewart Gardner / Green Hill / October 1907
Inscribed in black ink (on frontispiece): Faithfully Yours / Theodore Thomas
Illustrated with a photogravure print by A.W. Elson & Co., Boston and other photogravure prints by an unknown illustrator. 
ProvenanceNotesGift from the author Theodore Thomas (1835-1905) to Isabella Stewart Gardner between April 1905 and October 1907.