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Mildred Carter 1908 |
Mildred
Carter was the daughter of American diplomat John Ridgeley Carter and Alice
Morgan Carter. Two years after this painting she would marry Viscount Acheson
in 1910, becoming Countess of Gosford on her husband's accession to the title
as fifth Earl in 1922. (Christies)
John had
first painted her father in 1901:
John Ridgeley
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Miss Wedgwood & Miss Sargent 1908 | GA | igrkio | ||
Mosquito Nets 1908 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI |
The
painting was done in Valdemosa, Majorca, where they
were spending an autumn. Sargent's older sister Emily, is in the chair (foreground)
reading a book, with their friend Eliza Wedgwood, a member of the famous
porcelain manufacturing family, on the sofa (background), either reading or
writing a letter.
Eliza said
of it, "Sargent painted... | GA | igrkio | |
Mrs. Asquith 1908 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Although
the drawing was not dated by Christies it could have possbily been done at the
time Sargent drew her son around 1908
See
Sargent's earlier drawing:
Anthony
Asquith
c. 1908
(son to Margot)
Emma (Margot), Countess
of Oxford and Asquith
1897
Chalk
Notes:
Sold
Christies,
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Oxen Repose c. 1908 | GA | igrkio | ||
Pilaster Capitals and Entablature, University of Genoa 1908 | GA | igrkio | ||
Pine Forest c 1908 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | ||
Pomegranates 1908 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | GA | igrkio | ||
Pomegranates (Oil) 1908 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | ||
Pomegranates, Majorca c. 1908 The Warner Collection of Gulf States Paper Corporation Tuscaloosa, AL | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent