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 | Lady Agnew of Lochnaw 1892-93 | 
In late
1892 John began work on the portrait of Lady Agnew, commissioned by Andrew Noel
Agnew, a barrister who had inherited the baronetcy and estates of Lochnaw in
Galloway. The sitter was to be of his young wife, Gertrude Vernon (1865-1932).
The
painting was done in a "high key" and carefully finished. "It is
a careful portrait, free of any... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Hugh Hammersley 1892-93 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | igrkio | |
 | Mrs. Frederick Mead c. 1893 Yale University Art Gallery New Haven, CT |
Waist-length
seated portrait of Mrs. Frederick Mead (Mary Eliza Scribner 1822-1897) wearing
a black dress and a purple cap.
(SIRIS)
Note:
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 2, Portraits of the
1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002, no. 294.
"A
checklist of... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. John J. Chapman (Elizabeth "Bessie" Winthrop Chanler) Gift of Chanler A. Chapman |
Bessie Chanler’s inner strength comes clearly through Sargent's portrait of this feminine, yet resilient woman.
Although bred into a wealthy established American family, her life was not free
of tragedy. She shouldered much of the responsibility for her seven younger
siblings after her mother's early death; and after developing a decease of the... | GA | igrkio |
 | Hercules Brabazon Brabazon 1893 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. |
Painted for
Hercules himself by Sargent. Not sure if this was a gift or if Hercules
commissioned it. Some seven years later he would paint him again which Sargent
kept for his own collection.
Hercules Brabazon
1900
Note:
Dated by Charles
Merrill Mount
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John... | GA | igrkio |
 | Miss Elsie Wagg c. 1893 Private Collection Unknown, USA | 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 Sketch of a Seated Woman c. 1890-1900 Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. |
Note:
The NYU Grey Gallery had an exhibition of this drawing,
among others, August 31 – October 30, 1999 called "John Singer
Sargent, Draughtsman: Works from the Corcoran Gallery of Art". The image
online at NYU, I believe is inverted.
Special thanks to Andy Holzopfel, of Baltimore, Maryland, a
friend of the JSS Gallery, for sending me... | GA | igrkio |
 | Rowing Lake Como ( Bellagio) c. 1890-1900 |
Notes:
My
gratitude to Stephanie for letting me know about this
painting on the net.
As of 2/24/2002
it was offered for sale at Mark Borghi Fine Art Inc.
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 | Sketch of Boats on Lake Como Graphite pencil on paper Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
