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 | General Officers of the Great War 1922 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | 
1 William
Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood
(1865-1951), Field Marshal
2 Jan
Christian Smuts (1870-1950), Field Marshal and South Arfican
Statesman
3 Louis
Botha... | GA | igrkio |
 | Orestes 1922-25 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
Here we see
Orestes haunted by Furies, the goddesses of vengeance.
From: World Book Online Americas Edition
Orestes, in
Greek mythology, was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, the rulers of
Mycenae, or Argos. Clytemnestra and her lover, Aegisthus,
killed Agamemnon after he returned from the Trojan War. Fearing that Orestes
was also in... | GA | igrkio |
 | Chiron and Achilles 1922-25 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
Sargent
ended up doing two versions of this composition, although both are of
significantly different mediums. The first (Thumbnail below) was part of a base
Bas-Relief for the Rotunda and was of raised painted plaster. The second (featured above) was later created for
the Stairway Ceiling Decorations and was oil on canvas.
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 | The Unveiling of Truth 1922-25 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
Notes:
Special
thanks to Todd Milligan of Oakville, ON, Canada, a friend of the JSS Gallery,
for his help with research on this work of art.
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 | Science 1922-25 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
Notes:
Special
thanks to Todd Milligan of Oakville, ON, Canada, a friend of the JSS Gallery,
for his help with research on this work of art.
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 | Coming of the Americans 1922 Widener Memorial Library Cambridge, MA |
Notes
Bibliography:
Margaret E.
Gilman, "The Sargent Panels in the Widener
Library", Harvard Graduates' Magazine, Dec. 1922, pp. 215-216
Harvard
Crimson, Dec. 4, 1928
John Walker
III, "To the Editor of the Crimson", Harvard Crimson, June 7, 1929
"Sargent Murals Well Received at First Appearance",
Harvard Crimson, June 8, 1929, p. 1... | GA | igrkio |
 | Death and Victory 1922 Widener Memorial Library Cambridge, MA |
Notes
Bibliography:
Margaret E.
Gilman, "The Sargent Panels in the Widener
Library", Harvard Graduates' Magazine, Dec. 1922, pp. 215-216
Harvard
Crimson, Dec. 4, 1928
John Walker
III, "To the Editor of the Crimson", Harvard Crimson, June 7, 1929
"Sargent Murals Well Received at First Appearance",
Harvard Crimson, June 8, 1929, p.... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Countess of Rocksavage later Marchioness of Cholmondeley (Sybil Sassoon) 1922 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Three-quarter-length
standing portrait of the Countess of Rocksavage wearing a black dress with
stand-up collar, gold panel down the front, red accents, and gold train hanging
for the shoulders. She wears several long strands of pearls with a gold winged
jewel hanging at her breast. She holds a single flower in her right... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Artist Sketching 1922 Private collection on loan to the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI |
I have been
told that Edith was the photographer of the photo of Sargent
on Dwight's yacht [Thumbnail]. Note that Sargent, who
always like to paint under a large parasol/umbrella,
had no place to put the parasol on board the boat, so he tied it to his leg,
with supporting stays to various parts of the boat. Several of those lines are
visible in... | GA | igrkio |
 | On the Verandah (Ironbound Island, Maine) 1920-1922? Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Sargent
painted his friend and artist Dwight Blaney. This would be one of Sargent's
last scene paintings.
From: Ben Blaney
bb la
ney@ironbound.net
Date: Wednesday, December 17-20, 2003
JSS visited
my grandfather Dwight Blaney several times on Ironbound Island, and made at
least 7 paintings there, only 2 of which I found on... | GA | igrkio |
 | Abbott Lawrence Lowell 1923 Harvard University Art Museums, Portrait Collection Cambridge, MA |
Lowell, Abbott Lawrence
1920
Notes:
Bibliography:
"Annals
of America", Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. XIV
Laura M.
Huntsinger, Harvard Portraits, A Catalogue of Portrait Painting at Harvard
University, Harvard University Press, 1936, p. 90
Harvard
Business School Bulletin, "Four Men and a Foundation", June,... | GA | igrkio |
 | Sir Philip Sassoon 1923 |
charcoal drawing of Sir Philip Sassoon
1923?
See
Sargent's paintings of Sasson's sister:
Sibyl
Sasson-Countess of Rocksavage
1913
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 | Duke of York (later King George V) 1923 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From: Matt Davies
<Matt Davies@jssgallery.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002
These first
two pics are from the Illustrated London News, April 28, 1923, which
commemorated the wedding of the Duke of York (later King George VI r.
1936-1952) and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen
Mother), daughter of... | GA | igrkio |
 | Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) daughter of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore 1923 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From: Matt Davies
<Matt Davies@jssgallery.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002
These first
two pics are from the Illustrated London News, April 28, 1923, which
commemorated the wedding of the Duke of York (later King George VI r.
1936-1952) and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen
Mother), daughter of... | GA | igrkio |
 | Lady Elixabeth Bowes-Lyon 1923 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From: Matt Davies
<Matt Davies@jssgallery.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002
These first
two pics are from the Illustrated London News, April 28, 1923, which
commemorated the wedding of the Duke of York (later King George VI r.
1936-1952) and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen
Mother), daughter of... | GA | igrkio |
 | Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge 1923 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. |
From: Special Collections
in the Library of Congress
In 1935
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge (1864-1953), one of the great patrons of music,
created at the Library of Congress the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation
for the support of chamber music. Her aim, Mrs. Coolidge wrote in that year's
Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress, was "to make... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Hon. Clare Stuart-Wortley 1923 |
Note:
The museum
has her name spelled Stuart-Worthley, but Stuart-Wortley is I assume the
correct spelling as that is a well-known British aristocratic name -- Matt
Davies.
Sale:
Sold
Christies; 12/2/1998; Lot 41; $57,500
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 | Hazel, Lady Lavery 1923 |
Hazel, Lady
Lavery (1887-1935) was the wife of the painter Sir John Lavery. The drawing
took place just two years after Hazel's instrumental hosting (in her husband's
studio) of the negotiations that finally synched the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
Larvey,
himself, would paint Hazel that same year.
Sir John Lavery
The Red Rose
1923 ... | GA | igrkio |
 | Daisy Fellowes (Honourable Mrs. Renginal "Daisy" Fellowes) Charcoal on paper Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From Sothebys
(9/30/08)
Daisy
Fellowes, an heiress to the Singer sewing machine fortune, is acknowledged as
having been one of the 20th century's most stylish and glamorous women. Born in
Paris in 1890 of American and French descent, from the 1920's onwards Daisy was
one of the uncrowned queens of the social scene and a leader of fashion... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mabell, Countess of Airlie 1923 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From: Matt Davies
<Matt Davies@jssgallery.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002
Here is
another grouping of several family members. These are three sisters: the first being Mabell, Countess of
Airlie (1923), the second being Alice, Marchioness of Salisbury, and the third
being Esther, Viscountess Hambleden.
All three
of these are... | GA | igrkio |
 | Alice, Marchioness of Salisbury 1923 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From: Matt Davies
<Matt Davies@jssgallery.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002
Here is
another grouping of several family members. These are three sisters: the first being Mabell, Countess of
Airlie (1923), the second being Alice, Marchioness of Salisbury, and the third
being Esther, Viscountess Hambleden.
All three
of these are... | GA | igrkio |
 | Esther, Viscountess Hambleden 1923 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From: Matt Davies
<Matt Davies@jssgallery.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002
Here is
another grouping of several family members. These are three sisters: the first being Mabell, Countess of
Airlie (1923), the second being Alice, Marchioness of Salisbury, and the third
being Esther, Viscountess Hambleden.
All three
of these are... | GA | igrkio |
 | Eleutherios Venizelos 1924 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Eleutherios (Kyriakos) Venizelos, (1864-1936) Greek statesman and prime
minister (1910-15, 1917-20, 1924, 1928-32, 1933), born in Mourniés,
Crete, Greece.
He studied law in Athens, led the Liberal Party in the Cretan chamber of
deputies, and took a prominent part in the Cretan rising against the Turks in
1896. As prime minister of Greece, he... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Winds 1922-25 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Viscountess Astor 1923 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | GA | igrkio | |
 | Charlotte Nichols Greene and her Son Stephen 1924 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Commodore Sears aboard the yacht Constellation 1924 Peabody Essex Museum Salem, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Constellation: Rainy Day 1924 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Sir William Hedworth 1924 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Portrait of Emily Winthrop Miles (Mrs. Corey Lucien Miles) 1924 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Portrait of Kate Winthrop Morse (Mrs. Darwin S. Morse) 1924 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Helen A. Clark 1924 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | igrkio | |
 | Harold Irving Pratt, Jr (age 20) 1924 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
