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 | Mrs. Raphael Pumpelly (nee Eliza Shepard) 1887 | GA | igrkio | |
 | The Sons of Mrs. Malcolm Forbes 1887-1888 Private Collection Unknown, USA | 
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,"... | GA | igrkio |
 | Ruth Sears Bacon 1887 |
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... | 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 |
 | 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.
| 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 |
 | Alice Vanderbilt Shepard 1888 |
The
painting was exhibited at the The World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, in 1893
along with eight other portraits.
This
portrait was unique -- not entirely -- but among many. Sargent had asked
Alice's parents for permission to paint her, he wasn't asked. John had been
executing a commission for her father, the lawyer and newspaper... | GA | igrkio |
 | Miss Reubell Seated in Front of a Screen 1888 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | 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 |
 | Miss Cara Burch (1878-1961) 1888 New Britain Museum of American Art New Britain, CT | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
