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The Marquand Manson
BEDROOM IN THE MARQUAND RESIDENCE
in Harry William Desmond and Herbert David Croly, Stately Homes in America from Colonial Times to the Present Day (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1903), p. 109
B. KRIEGER
CHAMBRE MAURESQUE DANS L’HÔTEL DE MR. H. G. MARQUAND À NEW YORK
(Moorish Room in Mr. H. G. Marquand’s House, New York)
in American Architect and Building News, no. 950 (March 10, 1894)
Hand-colored etching
Clark Art Institute
DINING-ROOM IN THE RESIDENCE OF H. G. MARQUAND, ESQ.
in Montgomery Schuyler, “The Works of the Late Richard M. Hunt,” Architectural Record 5, no. 2 (October–December 1895)
DESIGNED BY SIR LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA
FAMOUS PIANO
in Thomas E. Kirby, ed., Illustrated Catalogue of the Art and Literary Property Collected by the Late Henry G. Marquand (New York: American Art Association, 1903)
HALL OF THE MARQUAND RESIDENCE
in Harry William Desmond and Herbert David Croly, Stately Homes in America from Colonial Times to the Present Day (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1903), p. 105
JOHN SINGER SARGENT
AMERICAN, 1856–1925
HENRY G. MARQUAND
1897
Oil on canvas
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of the Trustees, 1897, 97.43
Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Image Source: Art Resource, NY
PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN
JAPANESE LIVING ROOM, MARQUAND HOUSE
c. 1887–1902
Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Museums, Photo Archives Center
ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE COLLINS COX
MARQUAND MUSIC ROOM: VIEW OF THE ALCOVE AND THE GAUTHERIN SCULPTURE
c. 1888–90
Albumen print mounted on mat board, stamped: G. C. Cox Photo
Nassau County Department of Parks Recreation and Museums, Photo Archives Center
ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE COLLINS COX
MARQUAND MUSIC ROOM: VIEW OF THE ROOM AND CEILING FROM THE ALCOVE
c. 1888–90
Albumen print mounted on mat board, stamped: G. C. Cox Photo
Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Museums, Photo Archives Center
HELIOTYPE PRINTING CO., BOSTON
RESIDENCE OF H. G. MARQUAND
in American Architect and Building News, no. 548 (June 26, 1886)
Color heliotype (color photolithograph)
Clark Art Institute
Orchestrating Elegance
A fully illustrated catalogue, edited by Kathleen M. Morris and Alexis Goodin with contributions by Kathleen M. Morris, Alexis Goodin, Melody Barnett Deusner, and Hugh Glover, accompanies the exhibition. This beautiful publication documents and examines the celebrated design of an elaborate music room for financier, art collector, and philanthropist Henry Gurdon Marquand by eminent British painter Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. The catalogue is published by the Clark and distributed by Yale University Press. Call the Museum Store at 413 458 0520 to order.