Object details
Object number
P11s31
Creator(s)
Hercules Brabazon Brabazon
(Paris, 1821 - 1906)
Title
Beaulieu-sur-Mer
Date
19th century - 20th century
Medium
Watercolor and pastel on paper
Dimensions
23 x 34 cm (9 1/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Additional Dimensions
Frame: 43.8 x 54.6 cm (17 1/4 x 21 1/2 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed (lower left corner, in pencil?): H.B. Brabazon
Inscribed (on a paper label affixed to the frame): Frank W. Bayley, Copley Gallery, Newbury St
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the singer William Shakespeare (1849-1931), London for £75 on 7 September 1920, through the artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925).
Commentary
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Bibliography
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 77.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 67.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 47, ill.
Gallery
Macknight Room
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