Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook: A woman in a veiled hat, 1895?97, Recto: watercolor over pencil, bordered in watercolor, 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 vivid portrait may present someone known to Prendergast, given the striking features and immediate, frontal gaze. As with other nocturnal watercolors in the Public Garden Sketchbook, the artist employs a pink/blue/black/green palette resulting in a broadly washed, atmospheric mauve