1887-1888

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Nettie Huxley (later Mrs. Rollar)

1888
Pencil
9 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.

Yale University Art Gallery

New Haven, CT

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Nattie would marry Harold Roller and the both had visited Sargent when John's father was ill  according to Charteris (Charteris p. 99). She is also referred to in Sargent's letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1889, but there she is referred to as Miss Huxley, so she probably married Harold Roller later (see letter). Anyway, Charles Merrill...
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Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil
14 x 10 1/8 in.

Yale University Art Gallery

New Haven, CT

notes
Edwin Austin Abbey, (American artist, 1852-1911) best known for his illustrations for Harpers magazine, his mural work for the Boston Public Library; murals at his native state capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; his many theatrical / literary paintings; and The Coronation of Edward VII (1902-1904, Buckingham Palace) Edwin was born in...
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Dennis Miller Bunker Painting at Calcot

1888
Oil on canvas
26 3/4 x 25 in.

The Terra Foundation for American Art

Chicago, IL

notes
Dennis Miller Bunker was a young American painter from Boston. He had first met Sargent in Boston the winter of '87-'88 through Mrs. Isabella Stewart Gardner, a patron of both Sargent and the young Bunker. In the Summer, Bunker plans to visited Sargent at Calcot and writes to Mrs Gardner:  June 25, 1888 I expect to be off in the country in a...
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By the River

1888
Oil on canvas
31 x 25 in.

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

notes
Notes: Special thanks to Andy Holzopfel, of Baltimore, for letting me know about this painting and being a friend of the JSS Gallery.  See some of Andy Holzopfel's paintings.  Exhibitions Sargent's Women,  Adelson Galleries, New York, 2003
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Mrs George Gribble (Norah Royds)

1888
Oil on canvas
89 x 46 3/4 in.

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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...
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Spanish Madonna

1887
Unknown size

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St. Teresa of Avila

1887
Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper
37 cm x 25.2 cm, actual

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Two Women Asleep in a Punt under the Willows

1887
Oil on canvas
22 X 27 in.

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A Backwater at Wargrave

1887
Oil on canvas
74.93 x 62.23 cm (29.5 x 24.5 in.)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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Under the Willows

1887
Oil on canvas
98 x 131 cm (38 5/8 x 51 5/8 in.)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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