| Preview | Description | Artist
  | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Michael Gratz by William Edward West c. 1808 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | West, William Edward | |
 | Stephen Olin by William Edward West oil on canvas on Masonite National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | West, William Edward | |
 | Benjamin West by Gilbert Stuart circa 1785 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | Stuart, Gilbert | |
 | George Washington (1) by Gilbert Stuart 1796 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | Stuart, Gilbert |  Gilbert Stuart painted this celebrated "Lansdowne" portrait in his Germantown, Pennsylvania, studio in 1796. It was commissioned by William Bingham, United States senator from Pennsylvania, and his wife, for the Earl of Shelburne, later Marquis of Lansdowne, who had defended the rebellious colonies in Parliment. |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis by George Lethbridge Saunders watercolour on ivory National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | Saunders, George Lethbridge | |
 | Sir Edmund Gosse by John Singer Sargent 1886 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | Sargent, John Singer |
Sir Edmund Gosse, knighted much later in life (1849-1928), Poet and
writer; son of Philip Henry Gosse. He was born Sept. 21, 1849, London, Eng. and
died May 16, 1928, London.
He was an
English translator, literary historian, and critic who introduced the work of Henrik Ibsen and other continental European writers to
English readers.
Gosse... |
 | Hercules Brabazon Brabazon by John Singer Sargent 1893 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | Sargent, John Singer |
Painted for
Hercules himself by Sargent. Not sure if this was a gift or if Hercules
commissioned it. Some seven years later he would paint him again which Sargent
kept for his own collection.
Hercules Brabazon
1900
Note:
Dated by Charles
Merrill Mount
References:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John... |
 | Alice Meynell (nee Thompson) by John Singer Sargent 1894 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | Sargent, John Singer | |
 | Coventry Patmore by John Singer Sargent 1894 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | Sargent, John Singer |
Subject: Who was Coventry Patmore
From: Philip Resheph
phi lip.res heph@btinternet.com
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001
This was an
article in today's Guardian (British respectable newspaper NOT owned by Rupert
Murdoch) - I thought it might make a little addition to JSS's portrait of
Coventry Patmore, to which the article refers. . . .... |
 | Joseph Chamberlain ("Joe") by John Singer Sargent 1896 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | Sargent, John Singer |
From Wikipedia
Joseph
Chamberlain (8 July 1836 – 2 July 1914) was an influential British
businessman, politician, and statesman.
In his
early years Chamberlain was a radically minded Liberal Party member, a
campaigner for educational reform, and President of the Board of Trade. He
later became a Liberal Unionist in alliance with the... |
- National Portrait Gallery
