Object details
Accession number
P3n2
Primary Creator
John La Farge
(New York, 1835 - 1910, Providence)
Full title
The Recording Angel
Creation Date
1890
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Doll & Richards, Boston for $180 on 11 March 1893.
Marks
Inscribed (lower left): LA FARGE. 1890.
Inscribed (below the painting): first sketch Williams of Chicago / July 1890
Inscribed (below the painting): Return to: John La Farge / 51 West 10th St / New York.
Inscribed (lower right of the sheet): a8047#3
Inscribed (right margin of sheet) with various dimensions
Inscribed in black ink (verso, center): "Study for glass" / size of mat: 8" x 6 3/16" / 4 1/2" margin white frame.
Inscribed in pencil (verso, lower left): 12 1/2 x 18 1/2 Hot P
Stamped in violet ink (verso, lower left): MOUNTED FOR WATER COLORS. From H. SCOTT, 164 East 107th Street, NEW YORK
Dimensions
20.7 x 26 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Display Media
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
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 1. (as one of the water colors by La Farge hung in "the Small Room on the left of the Antechamber")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), 34.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of the Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 197.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974) p. 132, ill.
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