The History of Little Phoebe
author
Elizabeth Somerville
(Lanarkshire, 1774 - 1840)
printer
Hale & Hosmer
(active Hartford, 19th century)
Date1812
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions9.5 x 5.7 x 0.3 cm (3 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.b.1.30
eMuseum ID723944
EmbARK ObjectID18156
TMS Source ID6208
Last Updated8/9/24
Description31 p. : ill.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.
BibliographyNotesSusan Sinclair and Philip B. Eppard. Catalogue of Children’s Books from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Collection and the Personal Libraries of John Lowell and Isabella Stewart Gardner (Boston, 1988), p. 15, no. 7c.
ProvenanceNotesIn the collection of Gerald Ephraim Hart (1849-1936) until 1890.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the auctioneers Charles F. Libbie and Co., Boston, for $14 for seven chapbooks on 16 April 1890.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the auctioneers Charles F. Libbie and Co., Boston, for $14 for seven chapbooks on 16 April 1890.
