Venice

publisher Smith, Elder & Co. (active London, 1839 - 1913)

author Augustus J. C. Hare (Rome, 1834 - 1903, Saint Leonards, England)

Date1884

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions18 x 12 x 1.5 cm (7 1/16 x 4 3/4 x 9/16 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberm.b.1.15

eMuseum ID720294

Previous Numberm.b.1

EmbARK ObjectID20751

TMS Source ID7361

Last Updated8/9/24

Description1 vol., [4] 186 [2] p., 12°

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.

MarksNotes

Signed in black ink (title page, top): Mrs. Gardner / May 1884. / from E.S.

Inscribed in pencil (contents page, top): m.b.1/15

Inscribed in pencil (page 121, bottom): *Venetian Ladies in foreground -

Inscribed in pencil (page 129, bottom):

Inscribed in pencil (page 136, midway down, left margin); cherub in / her hair

Inscribed in pencil (page 142, left margin): + all the ceiling -

Inscribed in pencil (page 186); Chiesa La Pieta dalla Riva; - in the gallery / a picture by Bonvicini detto il Moretto - / Paulo Caliario Veron / Pictori Celeberi / filii et Benedict-Frater / Pientiss et Sibi Posterisq / F. C. / [image] / Decessit XIIII-Calen. Maii / M. D. L. XXXVIII

ProvenanceNotesGift from Isabella's sister-in-law Eliza Skinner (1846-1898) to Isabella Stewart Gardner in May 1884.