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Lord Buckhurst (9th Earl De La Warr)

1912
Charcoal

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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From: "Will Buckhurst"  <will buck hurst@hotmail.com>  Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 Natasha, The drawing is still privately owned by a member of my family. In answer to your questions, the sitter is better known as the 9th Earl De La Warr (whose family gave its name to the US State). This is the title he succeeded to on his father's...
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Lord Ribblesdale

1902
Oil on canvas
258.5 x 143.5 cm ( 101 3/4 x 56 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

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Lord Ribblesdale was Thomas Lister (1854-1925), 4th Baron Ribblesdale.  He was Master of the Buckhounds from 1892 to 1895, Liberal Whip of the House of Lords, Lord-in-Waiting, and a Trustee of the National Gallery, London, from 1909 until his death. Sargent first met him at an Artists’ Benevolent Fund dinner then stayed with him at his house...
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Lord Russell of Killowem (Charles Russell of Killowen, 1st Baron)

1899
Oil on canvas
163.8 x 110.5 cm (64 1/2 x 43 1/2 in.)

Lincoln's Inn

London, UK

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Three-quarter-length portrait of Lord Charles Russell (1832-1900) standing with his right hand resting on an open book on a table. He wears the red fur robes and chain of the Lord Chief Justice and a full wig. (SIRIS) Note: Bibliography:     Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 2,...
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Louis de Fourcaud (1851-1914)

1884
Oil on canvas
60 x 49.7 cm

Musee d'Orsay

Paris, France

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Fourcaud, Louis Boussess of (Beaumarchez, 1851 ~ 1914) Art critic, writer, poet, and finally professor of arts. By 1884, when Sargent paints him, he was writing for the Clairon (a daily newspaper) and other publications and was considered  one of the prominent art critics in Paris -- he was 33 years old. Born of a noble family. At twelve he...
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Louise, Duchess of Connaught

1908
Oil on canvas
160 x 108 cm ((62.99 x 42.52 in.)

The Royal Collection

Berkshire , UK

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Princess Louisa Margaret Alexandra Victoria Agnes of Prussia; H.R.H. the Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn (1860-1917) She was a German princess  and she married the 3rd son, 7th child of Queen Victoria, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught. Her husand served as the Governor General of Canada from 1911 to 1916. She died in 1917 at her london home...
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Low Tide at Cancale Harbor

1878
Oil on canvas
48.58 x 28.26 cm (19 1/8 x 11 1/8 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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Looking northerly along the sea wall of Cancale at la Houle -- the harbor. Just beyond the sail of the boat you can see a dark brownish ramp that leads from the Lighthouse (not shown off frame left) down into the harbor at low tide. The "ramp" was replaced by a masonry "jetty" called Cale de la Fenêtre. You can see the "ramp" in the photo...
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Lowell, Abbott Lawrence

1920
Charcoal on off-white laid paper
60.5 cm. x 45.5 cm., actual

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Luxembourg Gardens at Twilight

1879
Oil on canvas
29 x 36 1/2 in.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Minneapolis, MN

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Within the Luxembourg Gardens looking towards the dome of the Panthéon in the background.  The inscription at the bottom is partly cut off by the  image but it reads: "To my friend McKim John S Sargent." This was Charles Follen McKim who would form McKim, Mead and White, the architectural firm who would work with Sargent in 1890 on the...
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Mabell, Countess of Airlie

1923
Charcoal
Unknown size

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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From: Matt Davies  <Matt Davies@jssgallery.org>  Date:   Sun, 23 Jun 2002 Here is another grouping of several family members.  These are three sisters:  the first being Mabell, Countess of Airlie (1923), the second being Alice, Marchioness of Salisbury, and the third being Esther, Viscountess Hambleden. All three of these are...
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Madame Allouard-Jouan

c. 1882
Oil on canvas
74.9 x 55.9 cm (29 1/2 x 22 in.)

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