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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

author (Boston, 1706 - 1790, Philadelphia)
printer (active London, 1883 - 1969)
publisher (active Leipzig, 19th century)
Date1900
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions15.2 x 10.2 x 0.6 cm (6 x 4 x 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.b.1.34
eMuseum ID723834
EmbARK ObjectID18162
TMS Source ID6212
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.
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection after 1900.
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Benjamin Franklin
2 July 1756
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Unknown
late 18th century
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
1852
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Henri Benjamin Rabaud
18 November 1918
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Henri Benjamin Rabaud
31 January 1919
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Benjamin Ives Gilman
12 February 1909
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Benjamin Falk
About 1898