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Portrait of Dorothy Barnard

1889
Oil on canvas
70.5 x 39.4 cm

notes
From: Fitzwilliam Museum The subject of this unfinished portrait was Miss Dorothy Barnard (1878-1949), daughter of the painter and illustrator of Dickens -- Frederick Barnard (1848-96), one of Sargent's friends from the artistic colony in the Cotswold village of Broadway, whom he met for the first time in 1885. Dorothy and her sister Polly were...
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Polly Barnard (A.K.A Girl in White Muslin)

1889
Oil on canvas
32 1/4 x 26 3/4 in

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

notes
Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose  1885-86 (Polly Barnard with her sister years earlier) Portrait of Dorothy Barnard 1889 (sister to Polly Barnard) Mrs. Frederick Barnard 1885   (mother to Polly Barnard)  
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Miss Elsie Palmer

1889-90
Oil on canvas
190.8 x 114.6 cm (75 1/8 x 45 1/8 in.)

notes
Miss Elsie Palmer later Mrs. L. H. Myers (1873-1955). She was the daughter of a wealthy expatriate American from Colorado.  Mrs. Palmer had rented the Ightham Mote house near Kent of which Sargent became a frequent guest. It was here that he also painted A Game of Bowls. At this time, Sargent was far more popular with Americans and although...
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Alma Strettell (or "Stretell")

c. 1889
Oil on canvas
66 x 54.6 (6 x 21 1/2 in.)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

notes
Alma Strettell, later Alma Strettell Harrison 1856-1939    Poet and writer, she was intensly interested in folk music and wrote or co-wrote:  Spanish and Italian Folk-Songs; London, 1887 Legends from River and Mountain; Carmen Sylva (H. M. Queen of Roumania) and Alma Strettell, Illustrated by T. H. Robinson, George Allen, London, 1896,...
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Clementina Anstruther-Thomson

1889
Oil on canvas
106.7 x 74 cm (42 x 29 1/8 in.)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

notes
Description:     Three-quarter-length portrait of Clementina Anstruther-Thomson (1857-1921) standing outdoors. She wears a walking suit and hat. Her hands hold her coat at her chest. Portrait of Miss Clementina 1889  Note: Bibliography:     Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete...
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Portrait of Miss Clementina

1889
Oil on canvas
81.3 x 66 cm (32 x 26 in.)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

notes
This painting is seen as a study for the more finished portrait three-quarters length. Miss Clementina was a friend of Vernon Lee. Clementina Anstruther-Thomson 1889 Note: Sold Sothebys; 11/29/1995; Lot 38; $40,250 Bibliography:     Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete...
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Mrs. Edmond Kelly (nee Fannie Bartow)

1899
Oil on canvas
111.8 x 81.3 cm (44 x 32 in.)

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A Javanese Girl at Her Toilet

1889
Oil on canvas
25 1/2 x 21 in.

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Javanese dancer sketch

1889
Graphite pencil on paper
9.9 x 13 cm (7 13/16 x 5 1/8 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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Two Women in a Cafe

1918
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and wax crayon on white wove paper
13 5/16 x 20 15/16 in. (33.9 x 53.1 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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