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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
A Fable for Critics
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

A Fable for Critics

publisher (American, 1866 - 1996)
author (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1819 - 1891, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
printer (active New York, 1840-1852)
Date1848
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions19.7 x 12.7 x 1.1 cm (7 3/4 x 5 x 7/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.b.2.2
eMuseum ID726697
EmbARK ObjectID19039
TMS Source ID6534
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.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (inside front cover): 1954
Signed in black ink (on title page, top): L.W. Goddard 
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1891.