Three-quarter-length portrait of Mrs. Ernest Hills (Constance Malanie Wynne-Roberts) (d. 1932) standing with one hand holding a white feather fan and resting on the back of an armchair. She wears a black gown and cape with broad white lace panels.

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Note:

References:    

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002, no. 312.

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

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. 95.