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

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author (South Berwick, Maine, 1849 - 1909, South Berwick, Maine)
printer (active Boston, 1893-1949)
printer (Providence, Rhode Island, 1860 - 1941, Boston)
Date1916
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions19.7 x 14 x 0.6 cm (7 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.a.3.6
eMuseum ID719886
EmbARK ObjectID18097
TMS Source ID6170
Last Updated8/9/24
Descriptionvi, 33 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.
BibliographyNotesPieranna Cavalchini and Porsha Olayiwola, "The Story Behind Porsha Olayiwola's Poetry," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 22 February 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/story-behind-porsha-olayiwolas-poetry
MarksNotesInscribed in blue ink (on front end page) in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand: Isabella Stewart Gardner / from / Mary R. Jewett / 1917
Enclosed: Poem, To A Mandolin, by Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909), late 19th - early 20th century (ARC.002268)

ProvenanceNotesGift from Sarah Orne Jewett's sister, Mary Rice Jewett (1847-1930), to Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1917.