Commissioned by the Corporation of Glasgow, 1899.

Full-length portrait of Sir David Richmond (1843-1908), the Lord Provost of Glasgow, standing with his left elbow resting on the base of a column. He wears a red uniform with sash and chain and fur robes; he holds a plumed hat in his right hand.

(SIRIS)

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. 378.

Gidley, M., "A Catalogue of American paintings in British Public Collections," [Exeter] University of Exeter, American Arts Documentation Centre, 1974.

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. 168.