The Sower
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Gretchen Osgood Warren
(Boston, 1871 - 1961, Boston)
Dateearly 20th century
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions13.7 x 20.7 cm (5 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsArchival Material
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.008862
eMuseum ID731192
EmbARK ObjectID26451
TMS Source ID10202
Last Updated8/9/24
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Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella's close friend Gretchen Osgood Warren was a highly accomplished woman. Her mother, Margaret Cushing Osgood, was an author, and her father, Hamilton Osgood, a doctor who worked with the renowned scientist Louis Pasteur in France. She grew up moving between Boston and cities across Europe, where she studied languages, science, art, music, and literature. In 1891 she married fellow Bostonian Fiske Warren, and the two later moved to Oxford, England, where Gretchen pursued philosophy and metaphysics. When the Warren family returned to Boston, she continued to develop her intellectual interests and published several volumes of poetry. She gave copies of her poems to Isabella as tokens of their friendship.
BibliographyNotesChristina Nielsen (ed.). Sargent on Location: Gardner's First Artist-in-Residence. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2018), p. 57, no. 7.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand (upper left corner of verso): Xmas / Party / Mower 1/ Keyes 1/ Deane 1/ Photos
ProvenanceNotesGift from the actress, singer and poet Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood, 1871-1961) to Isabella Stewart Gardner before 1920.
Gretchen Osgood Warren
late 19th century - early 20th century
Gretchen Osgood Warren
early 20th century
