The Ruby

publisher Josiah Adams (active New York, mid 19th century)

illustrator Redfield & Savage (active New York City, 19th century)

author Unknown

Date1847

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions12 x 7.6 x 0.6 cm (4 3/4 x 3 x 1/4 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number10.b.1.38

eMuseum ID723747

EmbARK ObjectID18167

TMS Source ID6217

Last Updated8/14/24

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.

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. 18, no. 19.

MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (on flyleaf): To Isabella Stewart from dear Cornelia B / May 30th 1851

ProvenanceNotesGift from Cornelia B. to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 30 May 1851.