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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...
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 
Oyster Gatherers of Cancale

by John Singer Sargent

1878
Oil on canvas
96.8 x 123.2 cm (31 1/8 x 48 1/2 in.)

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Sargent, John Singernotes
Three days of arid Paris contain less delights than one Cancalaise hour. When Sargent visited there in 1877, many of the men were away -- as they would often be through the nineteenth century -- sailing far into the ocean bound for the rich fisheries of Newfoundland, gambling big on a catch that might pay handsomely. Fathers, sons, brothers,...
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 
Mount Corcoran

by Albert Bierstadt

1877.
oil on canvas.
61 x 96 1/4 in. (154.9 x 244.5 cm).

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Bierstadt, Albertnotes
Description: View looking across a blue-green river with mountains on the opposite shore shrouded in low-hanging clouds. In the foreground a black bear lumbers toward the water's edge. In the sky above the sun breaks through the clouds, highlighting a snow-capped Mount Corcoran in the distance.
Man Screaming (Study for Hell)

by John Singer Sargent

c. 1895-1910
Charcoal and pencil on paper
61.9 x 47.6 cm (24 3/8 x 18 3/4 in.)

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Sargent, John Singer 
Madame Edouard Pailleron

by John Singer Sargent

1879
Oil on canvas
208.3 x 100.4 cm (82 x 39 1/2 in.)

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Sargent, John Singernotes
This is Sargent's first full length portrait. Notice the change of focus of the grass around her face compared to the trees and stone railing of the Madame Pailleron's parents country estate at Ronjoux, Chambéry, Savoy in the south of France where this was painted. In 1880 Sargent showed this painting along with the subject painting...
Landscape With Deer, North Carolina

by Joshua Shaw

ca. 1818-1821
Watercolor on paper
9 x 13 1/2 in. (22.8 x 34. cm)

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Shaw, Joshua 
Lady with a Mask

by Thomas Wilmer Dewing

ca. 1907.
oil on canvas.
22 3/8 x 24 1/4 in. (56.8 x 61.6 cm).

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Dewing, Thomas Wilmernotes
Description: Interior scene depicting a seated female figure holding an Asian mask in her right hand. In the background there is a long narrow tapestry hanging on the wall.
In The Land Of Promise, Castle Garden

by Charles Frederick Ulrich

1884
Oil on wood panel
28 3/8 x 36 in. (72 x 91.4 cm) Image size: 28 3/8 x 35 5/8 in. (72 x 89.7 cm)

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Ulrich, Charles Frederick 
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