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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
My Summer in a Garden
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

My Summer in a Garden

author (Plainfield, Massachusetts, 1829 - 1900, Hartford, Connecticut)
publisher (American, 1870 - 1885)
Date1871
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions18.1 x 12.1 x 4.9 cm (7 1/8 x 4 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.b.1.23
eMuseum ID724336
EmbARK ObjectID18137
TMS Source ID6201
Last Updated8/9/24
Descriptionxii, 183 p.; 19 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 ink (on flyleaf): Hally J. Mills/ Dec. 25th, 1871
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner to replace a lost copy from booksellers Charles E. Lauriat and Co., Boston, for $2.50 on 17 July 1922.
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