Music Room, 152 Beacon Street, Boston
photographer
Thomas E. Marr
(Canadian-American, 1849 - 1910)
compiler
Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
Date1900
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumGelatin silver print
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.010186
eMuseum ID728550
Previous NumberARC.007397
TMS Source ID28425
Last Updated9/13/24
Status
Not on viewWeb Commentarysabella Stewart Gardner contracted local photographer Thomas Marr to document her home at 152 Beacon Street in Boston’s Back Bay. She hosted performances in the Music Room, a tradition she continued at the Museum when it opened in 1903.
BibliographyNotesDeandra Duarte, “The Prince’s Chairs in the Titian Room,” Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 23 July 2024, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/princes-chairs-titian-room
MarksNotesWritten on negative, (lower left corner): 2047
ProvenanceNotesCommissioned by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Boston photographer Thomas E. Marr in 1900.