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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
"Who'll Be the Clerk?" "I!" Said The Lark: Book the First
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

"Who'll Be the Clerk?" "I!" Said The Lark: Book the First

illustrator (Boston, 1866 - 1951, Carmel-by-the-Sea)
publisher (England, 1844 - 1916, Chicago)
contributor (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 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. 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
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection after 1896.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Gelett Burgess
1 May 1895
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Gelett Burgess
1 August 1896
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Gelett Burgess
1 September 1896
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Gelett Burgess
1 October 1896
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Gelett Burgess
1 November 1896
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Gelett Burgess
1 March 1897
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Gelett Burgess
1 April 1897
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Gelett Burgess
1 December 1896
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Gelett Burgess
1 January 1897
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Gelett Burgess
1 February 1897
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Gelett Burgess
1895