(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Crimson Blind

author Fred M. White (West Bromwich, England, 1859 - 1935, Barnstaple, England)

publisher Ward, Lock & Co. (established London, 1800)

Date1905

Place MadeLondon, Greater London, England, Europe

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions16.19 x 11.11 x 1.91 cm (6 3/8 x 4 3/8 x 3/4 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberv.2.b.3.39

eMuseum ID718501

EmbARK ObjectID25900

TMS Source ID9796

Last Updated8/9/24

Description1 vol., 320 p., 16°

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryIsabella's friend Gretchen Osgood Warren gave her books that cover a wide range of genres. This detective novel features three young girls who band together to solve a case featuring a down-on-its-luck family.

BibliographyNotesChristina Nielsen (ed.). Sargent on Location: Gardner's First Artist-in-Residence. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2018), p. 60, no. 16.

MarksNotesInscribed in blue ink (frontispiece): I.S.G. / from
Inscribed in black ink (frontispiece): Gretchen Warren
Printed label: B. H. Blackwell, Bookseller / 50 & 51 Broad St., Oxford

ProvenanceNotesPurchased by the actress, singer and poet Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood, 1871-1961) from the bookseller B. H. Blackwell, Oxford.
Gift from Gretchen Warren to Isabella Stewart Gardner in the early 20th century.