Greenmantle
author
John Buchan
(Perth, Scotland, 1875 - 1940, Montreal)
publisher
Hodder and Stoughton
(British, founded 1868)
Date1919
Place MadeLondon, Greater London, England, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions18.73 x 12.7 x 2.54 cm (7 3/8 x 5 x 1 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberv.2.b.3.6
eMuseum ID720049
EmbARK ObjectID25867
TMS Source ID9763
Last Updated8/9/24
Description1 vol., [5] 307 [6] p., 12°Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella's friend Gretchen Osgood Warren gave her books that cover a wide range of genres. This book set during World War I is one of a series of mystery novels featuring the character Richard Hannay. The best known Hannay novel, The Thirty-Nine Steps, was adapted into film by Alfred Hitchcok in 1935. The inscription on this book notes that it was a loan but as can happen when friends lend books, it was never returned; Isabella kept Greenmantle in the Vatichino gallery.
BibliographyNotesChristina Nielsen (ed.). Sargent on Location: Gardner's First Artist-in-Residence. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2018), p. 60, no. 17.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (frontispiece): Loan Isabella from G. Warren
ProvenanceNotesGift from the actress, singer and poet Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood, 1871-1961) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, October 1920.
