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Isabella Stewart Gardner in the Conservatory at Green Hill, Brookline, Massachusetts

primary Thomas E. Marr (Canadian-American, 1849 - 1910)

subject 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

Status

Not on view

Web 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

MarksNotesOn photograph (bottom left, recto): 2245

ProvenanceNotesProbably commissioned by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the photographer Thomas E. Marr in 1900.