Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook: Mothers and children in the park
Maurice Brazil Prendergast
1895–97 · Recto: watercolor over pencil, bordered in pencil and watercolor · Robert Lehman Collection
One of the largest and most highly finished watercolors in the Public Garden Sketchbook, this characteristic image recalls the informal family portraits of William Merritt Chase, an older contemporary who also took many of his subjects from leisurely activity in city parks and along the seashore.
- Artist
- Maurice Brazil Prendergast
- Date
- 1895–97
- Medium
- Recto: watercolor over pencil, bordered in pencil and watercolor
- Department
- Robert Lehman Collection
- Credit line
- Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
