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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Three Generations of English Women: Memoirs and Correspondence of Mrs. John Taylor, Mrs. Sarah Austin, and Lady Duff Gordon : Volume I
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Three Generations of English Women: Memoirs and Correspondence of Mrs. John Taylor, Mrs. Sarah Austin, and Lady Duff Gordon : Volume I

publisher (founded London, 1768)
author (London, 1842 - 1927, Florence)
printer (active London, 1800 - 1870)
subject (Norwich, 1755 - 1823)
subject (Norwich, 1793 - 1867, Weybridge)
subject (London, 1821 - 1869, Cairo)
Date1888
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions20.5 x 15 x 3 cm (8 1/16 x 5 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberm.2.11
eMuseum ID717267
Previous Numberm.2
EmbARK ObjectID20681
TMS Source ID7291
Last Updated8/9/24
Description
2 v. fronts., illus., ports. 21 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.
MarksNotesSticker (inside front cover): black-and-white rampant lion
Tipped-in sheet (between endpaper and front flyleaf): "With the Compliments of the Author"
Enclosed: newspaper clipping with biography of author  
Signed in black ink (front flyleaf, reverse): I.S. Gardner
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf, reverse): Sept. 14, 1921
Inscribed in black ink (page facing front flyleaf, reverse): Ms.  
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller Charles Lauriat, Boston on 14 September 1921.