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 | A Tramp After 1900 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | 
Notes:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
See the The
Brooklyn Museum, NY
See the
year in review 1908
Forum:
. . . a
consumate work of portrait art: the excellent handling of an unforgiving medium
combined with the compassionate portrayal of this world weary man... | GA | igrkio |
 | Almina Daughter of Asher Wertheimer 1908 |
From: Tate Gallery Display Caption
(05-Sep-2001)
This
painting was the last in the series of Sargent’s portraits of the
Wertheimer family. Almina was Asher Wertheimer’s fifth daughter. She is
shown in an exotic, ‘oriental’ costume, including an ivory-white
Persian dress and a turban entwined with pearls. The white and... | GA | igrkio |
 | Anthony Asquith c. 1908 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Anthony
Asquith "Puffin" (1902-1968), youngest son of Herbert Henry and
Margot Asquith, Count and Countess of Oxford.
His father
was the British Prime Minister and he grew up in 10 Downing Street from when he
was six years old to fifteen (1908-1916).
To the
dismay of his political father, however, he didn’t take after his half
siblings who... | GA | igrkio |
 | Arthur Balfour 1908 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. |
From: Artfund
Arthur
James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (Tory Prime Minister from 1902 to 1905).
Balfour was
one of the pivotal figures in British politics from the late 1880s to the late
1920s. In 1879, he made his mark as a philosopher, publishing A Defence of
Philosophic Doubt and was the most admired of the group of young,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Arthur, Duke of Connaught 1908 The Royal Collection Berkshire , UK |
Prince
Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert; 1 May
1850 – 16 January 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family, a the
3rd son of Queen Victoria. Arthur served as the Governor General of Canada from
1911 to 1916. He was created Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Earl of
Sussex in 1874.
Duke and Duchess... | GA | igrkio |
 | Betty Wertheimer 1908 National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. |
Ena and Betty, Daughters of
Asher and Mrs. Wertheimer
1901
Betty was
featured in a double portrait with her sister seven years previously.
From: Hugh Wilding
<h st jw @ line one.net>
Date:
Thursday, February 12, 2004
Dear
Natasha,
I was
re-visiting [your site] recently and I noticed that you stated... | GA | igrkio |
 | Boats, Venice (Fogg Museum) c. 1908 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Boy on a Rock c 1907-1909 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Brenva Glacier c. 1908-1909 Johannesburg Art Gallery Johannesburg, South Africa | GA | igrkio | |
 | Cashmere 1908 Collection of William and Melinda Gates USA |
The
painting is of Sargent's neice,
Reine Ormond, in an exotic cashmere shawl in seven
different poses. Reine Ormond would have been about
11 years old.
Copyright
1999 Natasha Wallace all rights reserved
Subject:
Who was the lady in Cashmere?
From: Natasha Wallace
10/16/99
In compairing my information on Cashmere with... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
