Paradise Lost
author
John Milton
(London, 1608 - 1674, London)
publisher
John Sharpe
(active London, 1803-1829)
printer
Charles Whittingham
(British, 1795 - 1876)
Date1821
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions17 x 10.2 x 3 cm (6 11/16 x 4 1/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number9.c.2.17
eMuseum ID719399
EmbARK ObjectID20491
TMS Source ID7115
Last Updated8/14/24
Description1 v., xii, books-lines numbered not pages, 16°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.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (front flyleaf reverse, top): Re = original fore-edge / painting
Signed in black ink (front flyleaf reverse, center): J. R. Crawford / to / his daughter / July 1880
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf reverse, bottom): St Gile's Cripplegate / the [?]
Signed in black ink (front flyleaf reverse, center): J. R. Crawford / to / his daughter / July 1880
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf reverse, bottom): St Gile's Cripplegate / the [?]
ProvenanceNotesIn the collection of the daughter of J.R. Crawford after July 1880.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston for $65 on 1 August 1922.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston for $65 on 1 August 1922.
