Strangers and Wayfarers

author Sarah Orne Jewett (South Berwick, Maine, 1849 - 1909, South Berwick, Maine)

designer Sarah Wyman Whitman (Lowell, 1842 - 1904, Boston)

publisher Houghton, Mifflin and Company (active Boston and New York, 1880 - 2007)

printer Riverside Press (active Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1852 - 1971)

Date1890

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions17.8 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm (7 x 5 x 1 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number10.a.3.5

eMuseum ID719952

EmbARK ObjectID18096

TMS Source ID6169

Last Updated8/9/24

Description3 p. l., 279 p. 18 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #000590936)

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. 39.

MarksNotesInscribed in black ink (on title page) in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand: I.S. Gardner / 1891
Inscribed in pencil (on back end page): 125
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from author Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909), late 19th - early 20th century (ARC.002266)
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from author Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909), 1891 (ARC.002267)

ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection between 1890 and 1891.