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 | Mrs. Douglas Dick (Isabelle Parrott) 1886 Private Collection Unknown, USA | 
Brigadier Archibald Campbell Douglas
1886
(husband to Isabelle)
Notes:
Sold
Christie's; 12/3/1993; Lot 46; $772,500
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From:
Kate Burke
Ka te. Bur ke@zen.co.uk
Date:
Fri, 21 Jan 2005
Thanks for
such a fantastic website. I was
searching the internet for my great-great grandparents and found paintings... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Edward Burckhardt and her Daughter Louise 1885 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Mrs. Frederick Barnard (Alice Faraday) 1885 |
Alice
Barnard (1847-1952) was the mother of Polly and Dorothy Barnard (both posed for
John's Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose) and the wife of the artist Frederick
Barnard from the Broadway colony. It was at Broadway where they met John and in
the absence of any commissions Sargent practiced on
his friends.
In 1896,
her husband Frederick, died in a... | GA | igrkio |
 | My Dining Room ca. 1883-86 Smith College Museum of Art Northampton, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Pointy (portrait of Louise Burckhardt's dog) 1885 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From Christies
Pointy was
a mongrel owned by John Singer Sargent's close friend Louise Burckhardt. Edward
and Elizabeth Burckhardt, and their two daughters, Louise and Valerie, were
expatriates living in Paris. Sargent painted each member of the Burckhardt
family between 1880-1885, and the present picture was painted from sketches
Sargent made... | GA | igrkio |
 | Polly Barnard 1885-6 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Poppies 1886 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Portrait of Alfred Parsons 1885 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Alfred
William Parsons RA (1847-1920) was British landscape painter and illustrator,
born in Somerset raied in London.
He became
very much apart of the close nit artist group at
Broadway, probably through his friendship with Abbey -- they were roomates in London and had studios right next door to each
other. He illustrated for Harper's New... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Jacques-Emile Blanche c. 1886 |
From: Tate Gallery
Blanche
[1861-1942] is best known for his portraits of eminent writers, artists and
musicians. He lived near Dieppe and made frequent visits to England, where he
was a well-known figure in artistic and society circles. . .
(From the
display caption August 1993)
(Tate
Gallery)
From: 1911 Encyclopedia
BLANCHE,
JACQUES... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Madame La Comtesse Jacques De Ganay (Renee De Maille) 1885 |
La Comtesse
Jacques De Ganay was a promrnant member of Parisian high society.She is
mentioned in Prouts' account (under the pen name of Tout-Pais) of "A Literary Feast At
Versailles" which was attended by just about everyone in Sargent's world:
Artists
such as Giovanni Boldini, J.J. Tissot, Jean Beraud, Paul Helleu and Léon
Delafosse. ... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
