The Queen of Pirate Isle
author
Bret Harte
(Albany, New York, 1836 - 1902, Camberley, England)
publisher
Houghton, Mifflin and Company
(active Boston and New York, 1880 - 2007)
printer
Edmund Evans
(London, 1826 - 1905, Isle of Wight)
engraver
Edmund Evans
(London, 1826 - 1905, Isle of Wight)
illustrator
Kate Greenaway
(London, 1846 - 1901, London)
Date1887
MediumPrinted ink on paper with chromolithographs
Dimensions9 x 6 3/4 x 1/2 in. (22.9 x 17.1 x 1.3 cm)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.c.1.4
eMuseum ID727053
EmbARK ObjectID19203
TMS Source ID6661
Last Updated8/9/24
Description58 p., col. ill., 22 cm. (OCLC rec. #3012638)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.
BibliographyNotesSusan 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. 37, no. 52.
MarksNotesEnclosed: Newspaper clipping of illustrator Kate Greenaway (1846-1901) and an image of author Bret Harte (1836-1902) (10.c.1.4.x.1-2).
Illustrated with chromolithographs by Kate Greenaway (1846-1901).
Illustrated with chromolithographs by Kate Greenaway (1846-1901).
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection after 1887.
