Three-quarter-length portrait sketch of Katherine Chase Pratt (1875-1942) seated next to a hydrangea bush. She wears a white dress and leans her right arm on the back of the chair.

Note:

Exhibitions:    

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Sixty Sixth Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1896-1897.

Remarks:    

Probably exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 66th Annual Exhibition in 1896-1897 as no. 287 ("Sketcht").

References:    

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

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002, no. 253.

Brigham, David R., "American Impressionism: Paintings of Promise," San Francisco, CA: Pomegranate (Worcester Art Museum), 1997, pg. 72.

Illustration:    

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002, pg. 39.

Brigham, David R., "American Impressionism: Paintings of Promise," San Francisco, CA: Pomegranate (Worcester Art Museum), 1997, pg. 72.