Artist
Philip Harry
d. 1867
Philip Harry was an American Folk Art artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
An American artist painting city views in the 1840s, Philip Harry left two versions of Tremont Street, Boston, one dated 1843, showing a newly paved thoroughfare lined with gas lamps and storefronts. The scene captures a moment when gaslight was still a novelty in Boston, just before the railroads and telegraphs rewrote daily life. Look for the brick storefronts with large windows and the slight tilt of the street that hints at the uneven paving of the era. Tap the 1843 oil version to see brushstrokes that freeze a single afternoon on Tremont Street.
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