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 | Portrait of John Hay 1903 John Hay Library, Brown University Providence, RI | 
John Hay
was the U.S. Secretary of State.
From: Brown University
During the
month of February, 1903, John Singer Sargent painted
John Hay's portrait. In a letter
written to his daughter, Helen Hay Whitney, Hay wrote facetiously: "It is
an odd thought that most of my reputation will depend on this picture."
The following year, Augustus... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of John W. Cummings 1917 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
John
William Cummings, 1855-1929
A very
prominent attorney in Fall River Massachusetts (between Providence RI and New
Bedford MA) He would, I think, become a judge and served as Mayor of Fall River
in 1885, 1887 and 1888.
He was
born, we think, in Stockport, England. His parents were from Strokestown, co. Roscommon, Ireland before moving... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Kate Winthrop Morse (Mrs. Darwin S. Morse) 1924 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Portrait of Keith McLeod 1917 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Portrait of L. A. Harrison, Esquire c. 1910 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Note:
Exhibitions
Society of
Portrait Painters, no. 168
London,
England, National Gallery, British Painting Since Whistler, 1940, no. 524
Bibliography
David
McKibbin, Sargent's Boston: with an Essay & a Biographical Summary & a
complete Check List of Sargent's portraits, Boston, Massachusetts,1956, p. 100
Sale
Sold at
Sothebys,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Lancelot Allen 1894 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Portrait of Laurence Millet 1887 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
He was the
son of Francis Davis Millet whom Sargent knew from Broadway. Laurence Millet
(1884-1945) would become an attorney and practiced in New York. He was educated
at Harvard.
John Alfred Parsons
Millet
1892
(brother to
Laurence Millet)
Notes:
See letter
from Laurence Millet's Grandson:
David
Laurence... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Leon Delafosse c. 1899 Seattle Art Museum Seattle, WA |
Léon
Delafosse (1874 - 1951) was talented and gifted pianist and composer. He came
from very humble beginnings but rose to the highest levels of Society. He
studied piano and at the early age of 13 won his first prize. He spent years
performing in the drawing room of the Countess Saussine.
From there
he was introduced to the... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Louis Alexander Fagan 1893 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Louis
Alexander Fagan (1846-1903) became chief assistant to the department of Prints
and Drawings at the British Museum under George William Reid and Sir Cidney
Colvin respectively. He was hired in June 1869 by Sir Anthony Panizzi, the
Chief Librarian of the British Museum Library and during his twenty-five year
professional career he wrote... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Madame Gautreau 1883 |
Note:
Bibliography
Shawn Hill,
"Sargent's Sketchy Characters", Bay Windows, June 17, 1999,
reproduced in b/w, Arts section, p. 9
Martin
Birnbaum, John Singer Sargent, January 12, 1856-April 15, 1925; a conversation
piece (New York, NY, 1941), p. 62, repr.
John Singer
Sargent, His Own Work (New York, NY, 1980), in checklist,... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
