The Tory Lover

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

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

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

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

Date1901

MediumPrinted ink on paper with a photogravure print

Dimensions20.3 x 13.3 x 3.2 cm (8 x 5 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number10.a.3.9

eMuseum ID719820

EmbARK ObjectID18100

TMS Source ID6173

Last Updated8/9/24

Description405 p., front., plates. ; 20 cm. (Boston College rec. #02843229)

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 black ink (on front end page) in Sarah Orne Jewett's hand: For Mrs. Gardner / This story of Hamilton House in / 'old Berwich' - with thanks for / two great pleasures - from / Sarah Orne Jewett / April 1903
Illustrated with a photogravure print by an unknown illustrator.
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from William James, Jr. (1882-1961) on 7 August 1911 (ARC.002165)
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) between October and November 1902 (ARC.002265)
Enclosed: Newspaper clipping "Sarah Orne Jewett", 1901 (ARC.002269)
Enclosed: Postcard to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Henry C. Mercer (1856-1930), late 19th - early 20th century(ARC.002326)

ProvenanceNotesGift from author Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) to Isabella Stewart Gardner in April 1903.