Fairy Library

author George Cruikshank (London, 1792 - 1878, London)

illustrator George Cruikshank (London, 1792 - 1878, London)

publisher George Routledge and Sons (British, 1864 - 1912)

publisher David Bogue (active London, 1840 - 1885)

Date1890-1899

Place MadeEngland, Europe

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions20 x 15.5 x 4 cm (7 7/8 x 6 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number9.b.1.5.a-f

eMuseum ID729401

Previous Number9.b.1.5

EmbARK ObjectID19276

TMS Source ID6730

Last Updated8/9/24

Description4 v., 12° (card catalogue)

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.

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. 28, no. 34, ill.

ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston for $125 on 26 August 1919.