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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque

publisher (active Philadelphia, 1838 - 1851)
author (Boston, 1809 - 1849, Baltimore)
Date1840
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions20 x 12.1 x 1.9 cm (7 7/8 x 4 3/4 x 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.b.2.26
eMuseum ID728690
EmbARK ObjectID19170
TMS Source ID6628
Last Updated8/9/24
Description2 v. ; 20 cm.
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.
ProvenanceNotes
Collection of Dr. David Hunt, Boston
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hunt sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston for $21 on 20 November 1891, lot. 2382 (for two volumes).