The Professor at the Breakfast-Table
publisher
Ticknor and Fields
(active Boston, 1854 - 1868)
author
Oliver Wendell Holmes
(Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1809 - 1894, Boston)
printer
H.O. Houghton
(active Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1852 - 1921)
Date1860
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions19.4 x 13.3 x 3.5 cm (7 5/8 x 5 1/4 x 1 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.b.2.20
eMuseum ID728552
EmbARK ObjectID19164
TMS Source ID6622
Last Updated8/9/24
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.
MarksNotesSigned in pencil (on flyleaf, upper right): John L. Gardner Jr.
ProvenanceNotes
Probably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner's husband John L. Gardner (1837-1898).
Inherited by Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1898.
