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Loch Moidart, Invernesshire

1897
Watercolor & pencil on paper
25.4 x 35.60 cm (10 x 14 in.)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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Meeting of Mary and Elisabeth after Luca della Robbia

possibly 1897
Graphite on off-white wove paper
22.8 x 19.8 cm

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Luca della Robbia  Italian sculptor, Florentine school  (1399/1400 - 1482)  John Singer Sargent Meeting of Mary and Elisabeth c. 1450 Meeting of Mary and Elisabeth after Luca della Robbia  possibly 1897 The sculpture was sketched by John Singer Sargent on one of his trips to...
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Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes

1897
Oil on canvas
214 x 101 cm ( 84 1/4 x 39 3/4 in.)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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The Stokes were young expatriate Americans living in Paris while Mr. Stokes was studying Architecture. They were from New York. Sketch of Mrs. Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes  1897  Sargent at Harvard  Fogg Art Museum  graphite   30 x 19 3/8 in (actual), Framed 34 3/8 x 23 1/2 x 1 3/4 in See...
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Mrs George Batten Singing

c. 1897
Oil on Canvas
88.9 X 43.2 cm.

Glasgow Museums: Art Gallery and Museum

Kelvingrove, UK

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From: Matt Davies    <matt davies@jssgallery.org>     Date:   Fri, 12 Jul 2002     Mrs. Batten (nee Mabel Veronica Hatch, c. 1857-1915) was the daughter of an upper-class military family, and grew up for a time in India. There she met and married George Batten, an older military officer, and later they moved to London.  In...
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Mrs. Carl Meyer and her Children

1896
Oil on canvas
209.9 x 135.9 cm (79 1/2 x 52 3/4 in.)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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Originally titled: Portrait of Mrs Carl Meyer (1) "Adele Meyer was the daughter of Julius Levis. She married in 1883 Carl Meyer (1851-1922), a Jewish banker, who was born in Hamburg but who became a naturalized British subject in 1877, and who was created a baronet in 1910. The Meyers' two children were Frank, who was born in 1886 and who...
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Mrs. George Swinton (nee Elizabeth "'Elsie" Ebsworth)

1897
Oil on canvas
228.6 x 124.5 cm (90 x 49 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

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From: "A Numerous and Fashionable Audience: The Story of Elsie Swinton,"   by David Greer  Posted: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 Elizabeth "'Elsie" Swinton (1874-1966), nee Ebsworth, was a prominent society lady in Edwardian England, who in 1906 took the unusual step (for a person of her social rank in those days) of becoming a professional singer,...
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Mrs. Shakespeare

c. 1896
Oil on canvas
74.61 x 62.23 cm (29 3/8 x 24 1/2 in.)

Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

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Mrs. William Shakespeare née Louise Weiland (c. 1850-1911) Waist-length portrait of wearing a gown with leg-of-mutton sleeves.   Notes: 1) Charles Merrill Mount dates the work 1894,  Charteris dates it 1901 as does McKibbin. The style of the dress, however, point to a date prior to 1900. The musem dates the work...
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Mrs. Walter Bacon (Virginia Purdy Barker)

1896
Oil on canvas
207.3 x 97.2 cm (81 5/8/ x 38 1/4/ in.)

The Baltimore House

Asheville, NC

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She was a cousin to George Washington Vanderbilt, on her mother's side and she was painted at George's behest George Washington Vanderbilt 1890 (cousin to Mrs. Walter Bacon) George W. Vanderbilt's Country Chateau at Biltmore N.C. (1889-95) Notes: Special thanks to Todd from North Carolina, a friend of...
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Portrait of Isabella Young (Mrs. Colin) Hunter

1896
Oil on canvas
37" x 24.5 in.

Utah Museum of Fine Arts

Salt Lake City, UT

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Portrait of Sir George Lewis

1896
Oil
31.5 x 23.5 in.

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

notes
Every generation has one: cocky, powerful, brutally effective. They appear on everyone's "A" list for solicitors. Sir George Lewis was at  the top of everyone's "dream team". He was the most preeminent solicitor in London and was Sargent's solicitor.  George's second wife was Lady Lewis (nee Elizabeth Eberstadt) whom John painted in 1892. ...
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