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Drawing
From Illustrated Catalogue, Twenty-Sixth Exhibition of the Boston Art Club, of Water Colors and Works in Black and White, 1882
Courtesy of the Boston Public Library
This drawing appeared on the back cover of the brochure for the Boston Art Club’s annual exhibition in 1882. It depicted the gear taken by an artist on an outdoor painting excursion, such as those Gerry took annually in the White Mountains and the Lakes Region. As American landscape painting became popular in the mid-19th century, artists became so common in New Hampshire that the trope of the painter with umbrella, canvas stool, and sketchpad was well known among tourists and the general public.
