Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook: A woman reading in the park, 1895?97, Watercolor over pencil; bordered in pencil, 14 1/8 x 11 3/16 in. (35. 8 x 28. 4 cm), Drawings, Maurice Brazil Prendergast (American, St. John?s, Newfoundland 1858?1924 New York), This veiled figure, engrossed in her novel, was probably sited in the Boston Common or Public Garden. Brushed in fluid watercolor, the sheet employs the same basic palette of blue, yellow, green, and red found throughout the Boston Public Garden Sketchbook