Fenway Court
artist
Sears Gallagher
(Boston, 1869 - 1955, Boston)
Dateearly 20th century
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumEtching
Dimensions24.1 x 29.2 cm (9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP11w1
eMuseum ID723192
Previous NumberP33e34
EmbARK ObjectID35115
TMS Source ID18453
Last Updated11/7/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThis etching shows the exterior of the Museum, known as Fenway Court during Isabella’s lifetime, in the early 20th century. Boston draftsman, printmaker, and illustrator Sears Gallagher achieved considerable popular success thanks to the sales and publishing of his prints, and he exhibited regularly in Boston with occasional shows in New York City until the 1940s. He created his first etching in 1888, and in 1911 he produced a series of Boston scenes which launched his fame as a master etcher. Gallagher was a founder of the Monhegan art colony in Maine, which is the setting of many of his popular works.
MarksNotesInscribed (lower left): Sears Gallagher
Inscribed (left edge middle, in composition): SG [circled]
Inscribed (left edge middle, in composition): SG [circled]
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
