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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Satire
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Satire

author (Naples, 1615 - 1673, Rome)
printer (active late 18th century -)
Date1791
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions15.9 x 10.2 x 1.9 cm (6 1/4 x 4 x 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number5.T.3
eMuseum ID724411
Other NumberESTC T126208
EmbARK ObjectID18355
TMS Source ID6329
Last Updated8/9/24
Descriptionxxviii,196,[2]p. ; 8?.
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.
MarksNotesSigned (title page) and inscribed on Genoa, April 9, 1823 (last page) by George Gordon Noel Byron, sixth Baron Byron (1788–1824), English poet.
Edward Cheney, English watercolorist. book-plate.
ProvenanceNotesIn the collection of English poet George Gordon Noel Byron, sixth Baron Byron (1788–1824).
In the collection of English art collector and watercolor painter, Edward Cheney (1803 - 1884).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner for £16 at an unknown date.