Red Drawing Room, 152 Beacon Street
photographer
Thomas E. Marr
(Canadian-American, 1849 - 1910)
Date1900
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumGlass plate negative
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.Marr.2061.a
eMuseum ID716638
EmbARK ObjectID26419
TMS Source ID10181
Last Updated10/26/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryBefore moving to the 4th floor of the museum, Isabella lived in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood at 152 Beacon Street. This photograph shows a variety of objects that she later installed in the museum including a painting of Adam and Eve by a follower of Lucas Cranach, the Elder (1472-1553). This picture is now on view in the Gothic Room.
MarksNotesSigned (lower right): T.E. Marr & Son (c)
Inscribed (lower left): 2061
Inscribed (lower left): 2061
ProvenanceNotesCommissioned by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Boston photographic firm, Thomas E. Marr and Son in 1900.
