This painting is seen as a study for the more finished portrait three-quarters length.

Miss Clementina was a friend of Vernon Lee.

Note:

Sold Sothebys; 11/29/1995; Lot 38; $40,250

Bibliography:    

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, no. 217.

Sotheby's Sale 5584 (May 28, 1987), lot 212.

McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, pg. 222.

Illustration:    

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, pg. 222.

Sotheby's Sale 5584 (May 28, 1987), lot 212.