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author
Christina Georgina Rossetti
(London, 1830 - 1894, London)
printer
Gaetano Polidori
(Bientina, 1764 - 1853, London)
Date1847
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions17.1 x 11 x 1.3 cm (6 3/4 x 4 5/16 x 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number7.T.3
eMuseum ID724733
EmbARK ObjectID18353
TMS Source ID6327
Last Updated10/16/24
Description[4], 66 pages ; 17 cm.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.
BibliographyNotesLinda V. Hewitt. "Love's Greeting." Fenway Court (Aug. 1969), p. 72.
Susan 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. 48.
Susan 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. 48.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (front flyleaf reverse, top left corner): 965 [crossed out] / 2574
Inscribed in black ink (reader's note): December / eleven
Enclosed: Autograph letter. (ARC.009890)
Inscribed in black ink (reader's note): December / eleven
Enclosed: Autograph letter. (ARC.009890)
ProvenanceNotesIn the collection of book collector, Dr. David Hunt, Boston.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Hunt sale for $18 on 20 November, 1891, lot 2574, through the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie, Boston.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Hunt sale for $18 on 20 November, 1891, lot 2574, through the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie, Boston.
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