"Who'll Be the Clerk?" "I!" Said The Lark: Book the First
illustrator
Gelett Burgess
(Boston, 1866 - 1951, Carmel-by-the-Sea)
publisher
William Doxey
(England, 1844 - 1916, Chicago)
contributor
Bruce Porter
(San Francisco, 1865 - 1953, San Francisco)
Date1896
MediumPrinted ink on paper with a woodcut print
Dimensions19.7 x 14 cm (7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.b.1.19
eMuseum ID718837
EmbARK ObjectID18133
TMS Source ID6197
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb 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. 13.
MarksNotesIllustrated with woodcut print probably by Gelett Burgess (1866-1951)
Enclosed: Newspaper clipping, "From the Lark", 11 September 1923 (ARC.009903)
inscribed on clipping in black ink: Philip Hale in the Boston Herald, Sept. 11 1923
Enclosed: Newspaper clipping, "From the Lark", 11 September 1923 (ARC.009903)
inscribed on clipping in black ink: Philip Hale in the Boston Herald, Sept. 11 1923
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection after 1896.
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