Isabella Stewart Gardner in the Conservatory at Green Hill, Brookline, Massachusetts
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Thomas E. Marr
(Canadian-American, 1849 - 1910)
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Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
Date1900
Place MadeBrookline, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions18.6 x 24 cm (7 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.008033
eMuseum ID723369
EmbARK ObjectID33804
TMS Source ID17284
Last Updated8/9/24
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Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner was an avid horticulturalist and maintained extensive gardens at her residence in Brookline, Massachusetts called Green Hill. Her husband Jack inherited Green Hill from his parents in 1884, and Isabella transformed the landscape of 40 acres with gardens reflecting her travels. In this photograph, Isabella is in the property’s conservatory where she and the estate’s Head Gardener, Charles Montague Atkinson, grew plants like the azaleas seen here.
BibliographyNotesElizabeth Reluga, "Isabella's Peonies," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 9 June 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabellas-peonies
Dakota Jackson, "Urban Gardening and Isabella's Flower Day Prizes," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 6 July 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/urban-gardening-and-isabellas-flower-day-prizes
Dakota Jackson, "Urban Gardening and Isabella's Flower Day Prizes," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 6 July 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/urban-gardening-and-isabellas-flower-day-prizes
MarksNotesOn photograph (bottom left, recto): 2245
ProvenanceNotesProbably commissioned by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the photographer Thomas E. Marr in 1900.
Thomas E. Marr and Son
1894-1919
Thomas E. Marr and Son
1894-1919