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Robert Louis Stevenson

1887
Oil on canvas
50.96 x 61.75 cm (20 1/16 x 24 5/16 in.)

Taft Museum of Art

Cincinnati, OH

notes
This last of the three portraits of Robert Louis Stevenson by Sargent was commissioned by the Boston banker Charles Fairchild as a gift for his wife Elizabeth Nelson Fairchild. Robert Louis Stevenson and His Wife 1885  
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Ruth Sears Bacon

1887
Oil on canvas
48 1/3 x 36 3/4 in.

notes
From: a great grandson  Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 "Ruth Sears Bacon was my great-grandmother. By the time I knew "Gagy" she was about 95 years old (she died when she was 102). Family lore has an interesting story around that picture. Apparently she was a willful little girl, and disappeared somewhere off to play when she was supposed to be...
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Spanish Madonna

1887
Unknown size

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St Martins Summer

1888
Oil on canvas
91.4 x68.6 cm (36 x27 in.)

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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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The Birthday (Fete Familiale)

1887
Oil on canvas
24 x 29 in.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Minneapolis, MN

notes
From: Minneapolis Institute of Arts [This] depicts the family of the well-known French artists Albert Besnard (1849-1934) and his wife Charlotte Dubray (1855-1931), whom Sargent had befriended by 1883. (Minneapolis Institute of Arts) Paul Albert Besnard Madame Besnard 1884 Notes: Exhibitions John Singer Sargent, An...
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The Late Major E C Harrison as a Boy

1887
Oil on canvas
Unknown size

notes
Although the Fogg doesn't date the work, the very unusual nature of the painting with the heavy halo effect may  put in line with some of the drawings he did for Alma Strettell's book Spanish and Italian Folk Songs Spanish Madonna 1887 Bibliography John Singer Sargent, His Own Work (New York, NY, 1980), in checklist,...
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The Sons of Mrs. Malcolm Forbes

1887-1888
Oil on canvas
75 x 89.5 cm (29 1/2 x 35 1/4 in.)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

notes
Brothers from left to right: Henry Forbes (b. 1882) and Gerrit Forbes (1880-ca. 1965)     Notes:  Image taken from Dovercards, however documentation and dating from The Smithsonian Catalogue of Works     Bibilography: Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings;  volume 1, The early portraits,"...
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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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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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