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Creator:
Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894  Search this
Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935  Search this
Type:
Printed Materials
Place:
Isles of Shoals, ME
Date:
1894
Place of publication, production, or execution:
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Physical Description:
Book : 126 p. : ill. ; 24 x 18 cm.
Summary:
White cloth bound volume with embossed gilded decorative cover and spine, 126 pages. Volume has frontispiece and 22 chromolithograph illustrations of flowers and landscapes by Childe Hassam. Published by Houghton Mifflin & Co. in 1894. Book includes Thaxter's description of her garden on Appledore Island in Isles of Shoals, Maine. A small plant has been pressed between pp. 72 and 73.<br>Only selected pages have been scanned.
Citation:
Celia Thaxter and Childe Hassam. An island garden, 1894. Irving F. Burton papers, 1816-1967. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note:
U.S. public domain
Provenance:
Donated by Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton, Aug. 25, 1975.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
Topic:
Gardens  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)13733
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Irving F. Burton papers, 1816-1967
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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