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 | General Lucius Fairchild 1887 State Historical Society of Wisconsin Madison, WI | 
Quite a remarkable man. He was a three term Wisconsin Governor (1866-72); A
decorated civil war hero at Gettysburg were he
was severely wounded during the famous Pickett's charge and had his arm
amputated, was subsequently taken prisoner and eventually paroled. He then was
commissioned brigadier-general. After his term as governor he went on to... | GA | igrkio |
 | Isabella Stewart Gardner 1888 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boston, MA |
Much of the
wealth of European art that American now has in its museums has a lot to do
with a small handful of very farsighted and eccentric art collectors during the
Gilded Age . Few of these were as eccentric and interesting as Isabella Stewart
Gardner (1840-1925).
She was
born the daughter of David Stewart, a business owner from New York... | GA | igrkio |
 | Jack Millet as a Baby 1888 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt (Mrs. Elliot Fitch Shepard) 1888 San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio, TX |
From: Dale Headington
(Westlon
123 @ aol.com)
Date:
Wed, 30 Oct 2002
Margaret
Louisa Vanderbilt (1845-1924) was the eldest daughter of William Henry
Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa Kissam Vanderbilt (and therefore the sister of
William Kissam Vanderbilt I and George Washington Vanderbilt). She married
Elliott Fitch Shepard... | GA | igrkio |
 | Miss Cara Burch (1878-1961) 1888 New Britain Museum of American Art New Britain, CT | GA | igrkio | |
 | Miss Reubell Seated in Front of a Screen 1888 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Mrs George Gribble (Norah Royds) 1888 |
Norah Royds (1859-1923) married George James Gribble (of London)
on July 27, 1881. Seven years later, when she was about twenty-nine, Sargent painted her. They would have six children:
i.
Phyllis
ii. Norah
le Grand
iii.
Lesley
iv.
Barbara
v. Philip
le Grand 1891-
vi.
Julian Royds, VC 1897-19
Norah
survive, but... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs William Henry Vanderbilt (Maria Louisa Kissam) 1888 |
George Washington Vanderbilt
1890
(youngest son to Mrs William Henry Vanderbilt)
Notes:
Special
thanks to Todd from North Carolina, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for sending me
this image.
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 | Mrs. Adrian Iselin (nee Eleanora O'Donnell) 1888 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. |
Eleanora
(1818-1905), was the wife of a Swiss-American businessman. They were from New
York where this was painted. She was 64 years old.
Close-up Mrs.
Iselin's hand
See as it hangs at
the
National Gallery,
Washington, D.C.
2003
Notes:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney... | GA | igrkio |
 | Mrs. Charles E. Inches (nee Louise Pomeroy) 1887 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
Note
Exhibitions
Sargent's
Women, Adelson Galleries, New York,
2003
Nicole Kidman's Mrs. Charles E. Inches
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- John Singer Sargent
