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Mrs. Walter Bacon (Virginia Purdy Barker) 1896 The Baltimore House Asheville, NC |
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... | GA | igrkio | |
Mrs. Carl Meyer and her Children 1896 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
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... | GA | igrkio | |
Portrait of Isabella Young (Mrs. Colin) Hunter 1896 Utah Museum of Fine Arts Salt Lake City, UT | GA | igrkio | ||
Mrs. Shakespeare c. 1896 Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Rochester, NY |
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... | GA | igrkio | |
Countess Laura Spinola Nunez del Castillo 1896 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From: Wendy & Gordon Hawksley
gw @ wha wksley. fsnet.co. uk
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002
This
painting is said to have been a wedding present from JSS to his childhood friend,
Benjamin del Castillo.
From: Wilfredo
Fernandez
W Fe rn andez@miami-airport.com
Date: Dec 19, 2005
I am a
member of the family of Benjamin Nunez del... | GA | igrkio | |
Jean, Wife of Colonel Ian Hamilton 1896 |
From: The
Tate Gallery
Jean
Miller, eldest daughter of Sir John Muir, 1st Baronet of Deanston,
Perthshire, married Sir Ian Hamilton in 1887. She
died in 1941. Lady Hamilton was noted for her beauty and accomplishments.
(Tate
Gallery)
Notes:
Exhibitions:
R.A., 1896
(129); Copley Hall, Boston, February–March 1899 (23); 100th... | GA | igrkio | |
Joseph Chamberlain ("Joe") 1896 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. |
From Wikipedia
Joseph
Chamberlain (8 July 1836 – 2 July 1914) was an influential British
businessman, politician, and statesman.
In his
early years Chamberlain was a radically minded Liberal Party member, a
campaigner for educational reform, and President of the Board of Trade. He
later became a Liberal Unionist in alliance with the... | GA | igrkio | |
Portrait of Sir George Lewis 1896 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
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.
... | GA | igrkio | |
Princess Demidoff 1895-1896 Toledo Museum of Art Toledo, OH |
Principality
of San Donato was located in what is now greater Florence. Unfortunately, it no longer exists and
the Chateau / Villa di San Donato (thumbnail right) was destroyed during World
War II.
Princess
Helene (the subject of Sargent's painting) was the second wife of Prince Paul.
After the death of his first wife and after having... | GA | igrkio | |
Countess Clary Aldringen (Therese Kinsky) 1896 Hirschl & Adler Galleries New York, NY |
Notes:
Painting
mentioned in Edmund Swinglehurst's John Singer Sargent, 2001.
Exhibitions:
Paris Salon
of 1898, Paris, 1898, no. 1115.
Bibliography
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings;
volume 2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,
2002, no.... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent