Mrs. William Shakespeare née Louise Weiland (c. 1850-1911) Waist-length portrait of wearing a gown with leg-of-mutton sleeves.
1) Charles Merrill Mount dates the work 1894, Charteris dates it 1901 as does McKibbin. The style of the dress, however, point to a date prior to 1900. The musem dates the work 1896.
Illustration Only in Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook. Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press , 1961 : p. 110.
Article and illustration in Denys Sutton. Treasures from Rochester: Exhibited at Wildenstein Galleries, New York, April 14-May 28, 1977 : Summary Catalogue. Rochester, New York : Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester , 1977 : p. 71.
Young, Mahonri Sharp. "Treasures from Rochester" Rochester Review. (Fall 1977) : p. 15. : Fig. 13.
Entry in In Focus: A Look at Realism in Art. Rochester, NY : Memorial Art Gallery , 1964 : p. not numbered.
Illustration Only in Parnassus. v. IV , no. VI (November 1932) : Fig. 12.
Entry in David McKibbin. Sargent's Boston. Boston, MA : Museum of Fine Arts , 1956 : p. 123.
Article and illustration in Holly Pinto Savinetti. The European Experience in the 19th Century. Roslyn, NY : Nassau County Museum of Fine Art , 1985 : p. 94. : Fig. 98.
Catalogue Raisonné Entry in Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray. John Singer Sargent: Complete Paintings. , 1998 v. II : p. 117-118. : Fig. 331
"Milestones in American Art," Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY, November 14 - December 15, 1941
"In Focus: A Look at Realism in Art," Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY, December 28, 1964 - January 31, 1965
"Treasures from Rochester," Wildenstein Galleries, New York, April 14 - May 28, 1977
"The European Experience in the 19th Century," Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Roslyn, NY, June 2 - September 2, 1985.