PreviewDescriptionArtist
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The Old Westover House

by Edward Lamson Henry

1869
Oil on paperboard
11 1/4 x 14 5/8 in.

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Henry, Edward Lamson 
Poor Artist's Cupboard

by Charles Bird King

c. 1815
oil on panel
29-3/4 x 27-3/4 in.

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

King, Charles Bird 
The House of Representatives

by Samuel F.B. Morse

1822 - 1823
oil on canvas
86-1/2 x 130-3/4 in.

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Morse, Samuel F.B.notes
Before achieving fame as the inventor of the electromagnetic telegraph and the Morse code in the 1840s, Samuel F. B. Morse was best known as a major painter and as president of the National Academy of Design in New York City. His stock-in-trade as an artist was romantic portraiture. But he also painted two extraordinary subject pictures, The Gallery...
The House Maid

by William McGregor Paxton

1910
oil on canvas
30 1/4 x 25 1/8 in. (76.8 x 63.8 cm)

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Paxton, William McGregornotes
Description: Interior scene depicting a a young woman turned in profile to the left, a feather duster held under her left arm, and her attention directed toward a book she holds in her hands. On the table beside her are a number of Chinese pots, a Chinese figurine, and a box of stationery with the lid tilted open.
Campo dei Frari, Venice

by John Singer Sargent

1880
Watercolor over pencil with gouacheon cream wove paper
25.1 x 35.6 cm (9 7/8 x 14 in.)

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Sargent, John Singernotes
Campo means public square or space, so this is the courtyard right off the canal facing the church Frari. Sargent's early watercolors can be significantly different in tone to his later work. Generally you see  careful brushwork and tight, small, and much more controlled washes of color than his later work. He often, but not always, used this...
Mrs. Henry White

by John Singer Sargent

1883
Oil on canvas
221 x 138.7 cm (87 x 55 in.)

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Sargent, John Singer 
Portrait Sketch of a Seated Woman

by John Singer Sargent

c. 1890-1900
Pencil
14 x 10 in.

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Sargent, John Singernotes
Note:  The NYU Grey Gallery had an exhibition of this drawing, among others, August 31 – October 30, 1999 called "John Singer Sargent, Draughtsman: Works from the Corcoran Gallery of Art". The image online at NYU, I believe is inverted. Special thanks to Andy Holzopfel, of Baltimore, Maryland, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for sending me...
Study of Drapery for Freize of the Prophets

by John Singer Sargent

c. 1892
Charcoal heightened with white chalk
24 3/8 x 18 11/16 in

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Sargent, John Singer 
Study of Ezekiel for Frieze of the Prophets

by John Singer Sargent

c. 1891-92
Charcoal on paper
61 x 47.0 cm (24 x 18 7/8 in)

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Sargent, John Singer 
Head of Olimpio Fusco

by John Singer Sargent

c. 1905-1915
Charcoal and stump on beige laid paper
22 x 17 in.

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Sargent, John Singer 
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