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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
The Offering, for 1829
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Offering, for 1829

contributor (Boston, 1803 - 1882, Concord, Massachusetts)
publisher (American, 1828 - 1831)
compiler (Hingham, Massachusetts, 1786 - 1853, Newport, Rhode Island)
illustrator (active Boston, 1825 - 1836)
Date1829
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions14.6 x 12.4 x 1.9 cm (5 3/4 x 4 7/8 x 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.b.1.5
eMuseum ID719282
EmbARK ObjectID18122
TMS Source ID6186
Last Updated8/9/24
Descriptionix, 252 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 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.
MarksNotesStamped in black ink (on front end page): P.B. Sanford
Inscribed in pencil (on front end page): 35.00 
Inscribed in brown ink (on flyleaf): [illegible]
Inscribed in black ink (on page 3 of contents): [illegible]
Illustrated with lithographs by Pendleton's Lithography, Boston (1825-1836) 
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
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