Object details
Accession number
P3e9
Primary Creator
George Hawley Hallowell
(Boston, 1872 - 1926, Arlington, Massachusetts)
Full title
The Nativity (recto) and Sketch of a Stained Glass Window (verso)
Creation Date
after 1887
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Marks
Inscribed (lower left): G.H. Hallowell
Inscribed (on a sticker affixed to the center of the paper, verso): Meade Dodge / & Co. / 4 Park St. / Boston [an art supplies firm active in Boston, after about 1887]
Inscribed (upper left, in pen, verso): No. 15 Holy Family G. Hallowell
Inscribed (throughout the page, verso): ...Depte Bron... Burnt Sienna... Blue deep... light brown... Horse grey... green... Man green... and brown... harness red... background / blue... cool ice color / on strip of / shield... red dress... blue & yellow / spotted shield [these in addition to other color notes, some illegible, refer to elements of the sketched stained glass window]
Dimensions
23 x 15 cm (9 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Display Media
Ink and watercolor on paper
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Blue Room
Bibliography
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 182.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 39.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 116-17, ill.
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