Through the Looking-Glass
author
Lewis Carroll
(Daresbury, England, 1832 - 1898, Guildford, England)
illustrator
John Tenniel
(London, 1820 - 1914, London)
publisher
Macmillan and Co.
(active London, 1843 - 1896)
engraver
Brothers Dalziel
(English, active 1839 - about 1890)
Date1872
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions19 x 13 x 2 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number8.a.2.11
eMuseum ID721394
EmbARK ObjectID20922
TMS Source ID7466
Last Updated8/9/24
Description224 pages : ill. ; 19 cm.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. 24, no. 25.
MarksNotesPasted photograph (inside front cover, top): "The Late Rev. C.L. Dodgson" [Lewis Carroll's father] (ARC.011052)
Pasted (inside front cover, bottom): Auction clipping (ARC.011051)
Signed in black ink (half title page, top center): I.S. Gardner
Pasted (inside front cover, bottom): Auction clipping (ARC.011051)
Signed in black ink (half title page, top center): I.S. Gardner
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection after 1872.
