Back to Blog
The Temple by George Herbert5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() A portrait of Greene’s wife, Katherine Stanbridge, by John Singleton Copley sold at auction in 2017 and is currently in the Young Museum. Image of a tankard in the Fitchburg Art Museum on Wikimedia.ġ728, the date in the inscription, is both the year of his marriage and the year he started his business. Greene (1707-1777) was a Boston silversmith whose works can be found today in museums, such as the Fitchburg Art Museum. Herbert’s book is signed on the title page by Rufus Greene, who helpfully added the date and place of acquisition, London, July 23, 1728. This copy of a second edition of George Herbert’s The Temple has a fascinating provenance, beyond what is usually our upper date limit of 1800, so I felt it was worth a post even though this is not strictly speaking an instance of early modern female book ownership. ![]()
0 Comments
Read More
Leave a Reply. |