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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Lady Baltimore
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Lady Baltimore

author (Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1860 - 1938, Saunderstown, Rhode Island)
publisher (active New York, 1896 - 1965)
printer (active Norwood, Massachusetts, 1894 - )
illustrator (active New York, 1877 - 1927)
illustrator (Camden, New Jersey, 1874 - 1953, New York, New York)
Date1906
MediumPrinted ink on Japanese vellum with lithographs and photogravure prints
Dimensions22.7 x 14.9 x 2.8 cm (8 15/16 x 5 7/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.b.1.7
eMuseum ID719247
EmbARK ObjectID18124
TMS Source ID6188
Last Updated8/9/24
Descriptionxiii, 406 p. incl. illus., 12 pl. : front. ; 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.
MarksNotesInscribed in black ink (on front end page) in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand: Isabella Stewart Gardner / from / Owen Wister April 1906
Illustrated with lithographs by Vernon Howe Bailey (1874-1953) and photogravure prints by Lester Ralph (1877-1927)
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Owen Wister (1860-1938), 20th century (ARC.005947)
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Owen Wister (1860-1938), 20th century (ARC.005948)
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Owen Wister (1860-1938), 20th century (ARC.005949)
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Owen Wister (1860-1938), 20th century (ARC.005950)
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Owen Wister (1860-1938), 20th century (ARC.005951)
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Owen Wister (1860-1938), 20th century (ARC.005952)
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Owen Wister (1860-1938), 20th century (ARC.005953)
Enclosed: Visiting Card from Owen Wister (1860-1938), 20th century (ARC.007671) 
ProvenanceNotesGift from author Owen Wister (1860-1938) to Isabella Stewart Gardner in April 1906.