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![]() | General Lucius Fairchild 1887 State Historical Society of Wisconsin Madison, WI | ![]()
Quite a remarkable man. He was a three term Wisconsin Governor (1866-72); A
decorated civil war hero at Gettysburg were he
was severely wounded during the famous Pickett's charge and had his arm
amputated, was subsequently taken prisoner and eventually paroled. He then was
commissioned brigadier-general. After his term as governor he went on to... | GA | igrkio |
![]() | Portrait of Sally Fairchild c. 1885-1887 Private Collection Unknown, USA | ![]()
Notes:
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The early
portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, no. 202.; McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Illustration:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent:... | GA | igrkio |
![]() | Mrs. Charles E. Inches (nee Louise Pomeroy) 1887 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | ![]()
Note
Exhibitions
Sargent's
Women, Adelson Galleries, New York,
2003
Nicole Kidman's Mrs. Charles E. Inches
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![]() | Portrait of Caspar Goodrich 1887 Private Collection Unknown, USA | ![]()
From: Christie's
While all
of Newport angled for a meeting with the great European-bred artist, Sargent
resided comfortably with his old friends, Admiral and Mrs. Caspar Goodrich,
parents of the young sitter. Charles Merrill Mount describes Sargent's arrival
in the United States: "He arrived at Torpedo Station huge and dominant,
smiling and... | GA | igrkio |
![]() | The Sons of Mrs. Malcolm Forbes 1887-1888 Private Collection Unknown, USA | ![]()
Brothers
from left to right: Henry Forbes (b. 1882) and Gerrit Forbes (1880-ca.
1965)
Notes:
Image taken
from Dovercards, however documentation and dating from The Smithsonian
Catalogue of Works
Bibilography:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete
paintings; volume 1, The early
portraits,"... | GA | igrkio |
![]() | Ruth Sears Bacon 1887 | ![]()
From: a great grandson
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002
"Ruth
Sears Bacon was my great-grandmother. By the time I knew "Gagy" she was about 95 years old (she died when she
was 102). Family lore has an interesting story around that picture. Apparently
she was a willful little girl, and disappeared somewhere off to play when she
was supposed to be... | GA | igrkio |
![]() | Isabella Stewart Gardner 1888 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boston, MA | ![]()
Much of the
wealth of European art that American now has in its museums has a lot to do
with a small handful of very farsighted and eccentric art collectors during the
Gilded Age . Few of these were as eccentric and interesting as Isabella Stewart
Gardner (1840-1925).
She was
born the daughter of David Stewart, a business owner from New York... | GA | igrkio |
![]() | Mrs William Henry Vanderbilt (Maria Louisa Kissam) 1888 | ![]()
George Washington Vanderbilt
1890
(youngest son to Mrs William Henry Vanderbilt)
Notes:
Special
thanks to Todd from North Carolina, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for sending me
this image.
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![]() | Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt (Mrs. Elliot Fitch Shepard) 1888 San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio, TX | ![]()
From: Dale Headington
(Westlon
123 @ aol.com)
Date:
Wed, 30 Oct 2002
Margaret
Louisa Vanderbilt (1845-1924) was the eldest daughter of William Henry
Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa Kissam Vanderbilt (and therefore the sister of
William Kissam Vanderbilt I and George Washington Vanderbilt). She married
Elliott Fitch Shepard... | GA | igrkio |
![]() | Alice Vanderbilt Shepard 1888 | ![]()
The
painting was exhibited at the The World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, in 1893
along with eight other portraits.
This
portrait was unique -- not entirely -- but among many. Sargent had asked
Alice's parents for permission to paint her, he wasn't asked. John had been
executing a commission for her father, the lawyer and newspaper... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent