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 | Mrs. C. J. Conway ("Mug") 1919 Private Collection Unknown, USA | 
Mrs. C. J.
Conway, 1919 charcoal drawing, signed and dated 1919 . . .with
accompanying note and envelope from Mr. Sargent
discussing the work.
Notes:
As of
Feb15th, the piece was offered for sale at Sotheby's -- offered by Hess Fine Art
Sold
Sotheby's; 3/7/2001; Lot#: 4P59; $40,000 plus $4,750 buyers
premium
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 | Lady Cynthia Hamilton 1919 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Lady
Cynthia Hamilton was the spouse of Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer
(1892-1972). This was drawn the year of their marriage.
Sixth Earl Spencer
1916
(Step-father to
Lady Cynthia Hamilton)
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 | Portrait drawing ("Mug") of Mrs. Redmond McGrath 1919 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Notes:
Gratitude to Wendy & Gordon Hawksley of
Sheffield, England for sending me the image and information.
From: Wendy & Gordon Hawksley
<g w @ whawksley. fsnet. co. uk>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002
[Shown at the] "'Society Portraits
1850 - 1939' - this was an exhibition held at the Colnaghi
Gallery and the Clarendon Gallery... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait drawing ("Mug") of Admiral of the Fleet, the Earl Beatty 1919 Private collection: Mrs.John Nutting USA |
From: "Society
Portraits 1850 - 1939"
Earl Beatty
was the most distinguished naval commander to serve in the Great War; he was
Vice-Admiral in command of the British advance forces at the Battle of Jutland
in 1916. David Beatty was knighted in 1914 and created Earl Beatty in 1919, the
year in which the present portrait was drawn. Earl Beatty was... | GA | igrkio |
 | Sir Charles Macpherson Dobell 1919 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From Christies
Sir Charles
Macpherson Dobell (1869-1954), The Royal Welch Fusileers, served in field
command positions in Africa and Palestine during World War One, and he was
knighted and promoted to Lieutenant-General following his endeavours as commander
of an Anglo-French force tasked with the capture of Cameroon. He was mentioned
in... | GA | igrkio |
 | At the Forge 1911 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
I don't
know the history of this drawing, but get a load of this:
Sargent's
friend, Edwin Austin Abbey was commissioned to do some murals for the State
Capitol at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Before he could finish these, Edwin, in
1911, grew deathly sick.
Sargent, at
the time, was in Munich when he received word from Edwin's wife. John... | GA | igrkio |
 | Study for "The Archers" (Boston decoration) 1919 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Study of A Nude Male 1899 ? |
Crucifixion (relief)
c 1899
When
Sargent was doing this study, he may have had it in his mind -- the general
idea for a Christ figure for the Crucifixion, and here he was mulling over
ideas on how to tackle the image. Notice the slight rightward tilt of the head
(left to us) which he would use in the finale version of his... | GA | igrkio |
 | Torsos of Two Male Nudes 1919? Yale University Art Gallery New Haven, CT |
Notes:
A special
thanks to Dale for sending me this image.
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
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 | Sketch for Apollo in his Chariot with the Hours-Male Figure (MFA Stairway) 1921-25 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
