Thomas E. Marr and Son - Music Room, North Wall, Fenway Court, 1914

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(active Boston, 1910-1942)

Object details

Accession number

ARC.Marr.19307.b.1

Creators

Full title

Music Room, North Wall, Fenway Court

Creation Date

1914

Provenance


Commissioned by Isabella Stewart Gardner, Boston in 1914.

Marks

Inscribed in glass plate negative (lower left of print): 19307
Signed in glass plate negative (lower right of print): T.E. Marr & Son (c)

Dimensions

19.84 x 24.61 cm (7 13/16 x 9 11/16 in.)

Display Media

Gelatin silver print

Web Commentary

Isabella Stewart Gardner’s museum originally featured a two-story concert hall known as the Music Room. Gardner hosted a range of public and private performances within the Music Room for over a decade. When her collection had grown beyond what the galleries could hold, she demolished the Music Room in order to expand exhibition space creating the Spanish Cloister, Chinese Loggia, and Tapestry Room. Before it was taken down, she asked the firm of Thomas E. Marr and Son—who had been documenting the spaces of her museum from their inception—to photograph the room for posterity.

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Commentary

Isabella Stewart Gardner’s museum originally featured a two-story concert hall known as the Music Room. Gardner hosted a range of public and private performances within the Music Room for over a decade. When her collection had grown beyond what the galleries could hold, she demolished the Music Room in order to expand exhibition space creating the Spanish Cloister, Chinese Loggia, and Tapestry Room. Before it was taken down, she asked the firm of Thomas E. Marr and Son—who had been documenting the spaces of her museum from their inception—to photograph the room for posterity.