The Fountain
painter
Martin Mower
(Lynn, Massachusetts, 1870 - 1960, Vancouver)
Date1918
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions25 x 36 cm (9 13/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP11s4
eMuseum ID722662
EmbARK ObjectID10856
TMS Source ID123
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIn the summer of 1918 at the age of 78, Isabella rented a cottage named Wrong Roof from her friend Caroline Sinkler in Gloucester, Massachusetts. This picture, painted by her friend Martin Mower, shows Isabella reading a book in the garden. She suffered a stroke a year later and fondly recalled this time as her last vacation.
BibliographyNotesPhilip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 251.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 76.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 171-72, ill.
Elizabeth Reluga, "Summer Vacation in Gloucester," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 23 June 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/summer-vacation-gloucester
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 76.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 171-72, ill.
Elizabeth Reluga, "Summer Vacation in Gloucester," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 23 June 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/summer-vacation-gloucester
ProvenanceNotesPainted in the garden of Caroline Sidney Sinkler (1860-1949), Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1918.
Gift from the painter Martin Mower (1870-1960) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1918.
Gift from the painter Martin Mower (1870-1960) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1918.
