West Cloister
photographer
Thomas E. Marr
(Canadian-American, 1849 - 1910)
Date1902
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumGlass plate negative
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.Marr.5384.a
eMuseum ID716644
EmbARK ObjectID26421
TMS Source ID10183
Last Updated10/26/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella worked with the Boston photographic firm Thomas E. Marr & Son, comprised of Thomas and his son Arthur, to document the museum's interiors. You can often see in these photographs Isabella's different iterations of the galleries from the museum's opening in 1903 to her death in 1924. This photograph was taken in 1902 before the museum opened to the public. Here the Courtyard is level with the West Cloister. Over the next 20 years, the courtyard sunk 5 feet; today there are steps leading down to the central Roman mosaic of Medusa.
MarksNotesInscribed (lower left): B4
ProvenanceNotesCommissioned by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Boston photographic firm, Thomas E. Marr and Son in 1902.
