Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook: A Woman Reading a Book, Maurice Brazil Prendergast, 1895–97

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Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook: A Woman Reading a Book, 1895–97, Watercolor over pencil; bordered in pencil and watercolor, 14 1/8 x 11 3/16 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Maurice Brazil Prendergast (American, St. John’s, Newfoundland 1858–1924 New York), This finely dressed young woman, apparently shaded from sunlight by her crimson parasol, may be reading a Thomas Hardy novel. Several of his books were newly published and popularized in London and New York in the 1890s

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Size: 5618px × 3855px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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