Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook: The Huntington Avenue Streetcar

Maurice Brazil Prendergast

1895–1897 · Watercolor over pencil · Robert Lehman Collection

This charming depiction of a woman stepping off a departing streetcar and running across the tracks is one of forty-four sheets, all in the Robert Lehman Collection, from Prendergast's "Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook." The drawings and watercolors of this now-dismantled sketchbook principally show the cheerful activities of elegantly attired women, who are seen riding bicycles, pushing prams, strolling with parasols, and resting on park benches.

Artist

Maurice Brazil Prendergast

Date

1895–1897

Medium

Watercolor over pencil

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Credit line

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975