A Hermit of Carmel

author George Santayana (Madrid, 1863 - 1952, Rome)

publisher Charles Scribner's Sons (active New York, 1878 - 1984)

printer John Wilson and Son (active Boston and Cambridge, about 1853 - 1879)

Date1901

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions19.1 x 13 x 2.5 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 1 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number10.a.3.31

eMuseum ID719459

EmbARK ObjectID18112

TMS Source ID6179

Last Updated8/9/24

Descriptionvi, 234 p.; 20 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #007925813)

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 blue ink (on flyleaf): For / Mrs Gardner / from her old and / admiring friend / The Author / April 1907
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from George Santayana (1863-1952), 7 April 1912 (ARC.005515)
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from George Santayana (1863-1952), 20 February 1912 (ARC.005516)

ProvenanceNotesGift from author George Santayana (1863-1952) to Isabella Stewart Gardner in April 1907.