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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
The Destruction of Rome
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Destruction of Rome

author (Kassel, 1828 - 1901, Berlin)
publisher (active Boston, 1883 - 1890)
translator (Boston, 1823 - 1916, Boston)
printer (active Boston, 1851 - 1888)
Date1886
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions16.8 x 10.8 cm (6 5/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.b.1.16
eMuseum ID718901
EmbARK ObjectID18130
TMS Source ID6194
Last Updated8/9/24
Description44 p.; 17 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.
BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 32. 
MarksNotesInscribed in black ink (on cover) in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand: I.S. Gardner / Xmas 1887 / from / R.W.B.
ProvenanceNotesGift from R.W.B. to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 25 December 1887.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Herman Friedrich Grimm
1880