Letters of Thomas Carlyle to His Youngest Sister

author Thomas Carlyle (Ecclefechan, Scotland, 1795 - 1881, London)

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

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

editor Charles Townsend Copeland (Calais, Maine, 1860 - 1952, Waverly, Masachusetts)

Date1899

MediumPrinted ink on paper with an engraving and photogravure prints

Dimensions20.2 x 13.3 x 3.2 cm (7 15/16 x 5 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number10.a.3.33

eMuseum ID719372

EmbARK ObjectID18117

TMS Source ID6182

Last Updated8/9/24

Descriptionviii, 276 p. front., plates, ports., fold. facsim. 20 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #001023401)

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 pencil (on front end page) in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand: I.S. Gardner / from C.T. Copeland / 1919
Inscribed in pencil (on flyleaf): 16 Jul. / 1919
Inscribed in pencil (on page 1): for Mrs. Gardner / with admiration and / regard / from C.T. Copeland
Illustrated with an engraving by H.W. Smith and photogravure prints by unknown illustrators and photographers.

Enclosed: Clipping of Professor Charles Townsend Copeland, early 20th century (ARC.00923)

Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Townsend Copeland (1860-1952), 23 September 1922 (ARC.003931)
Enclosed: Albumen print of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), about 1870 (ARC.007412)

ProvenanceNotesGift from Charles Townsend Copeland (1860-1952) to Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1919.