The Rose and the Ring
author
William Makepeace Thackeray
(Kolkata, India, 1811 - 1863, London)
illustrator
William Makepeace Thackeray
(Kolkata, India, 1811 - 1863, London)
publisher
Harper & Brothers
(active New York, 1833 - 1962)
Date1871
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions17 x 14 x 1.5 cm (6 11/16 x 5 1/2 x 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number8.a.2.20
eMuseum ID720962
EmbARK ObjectID20931
TMS Source ID7474
Last Updated8/9/24
Description148 pages: ill. ; 17 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. 26, no. 29, ill.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (front flyleaf, top): o/o null
Inscribed in black ink (front flyleaf, center): I.S.G. / from / H.A.
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf, bottom): Henry Adams.
Inscribed in black ink (front flyleaf, center): I.S.G. / from / H.A.
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf, bottom): Henry Adams.
ProvenanceNotesGift from historian, novelist, and critic Henry Adams (1838–1918) to Isabella Stewart Gardner at an unknown date.
