Three-quarter-length seated portrait of Mrs. William George Raphael (1871-1925) leaning with her right elbow resting on the arm of the chair in which she sits. With her right hand she fingers a turquoise and diamond necklace. She wears a white chiffon gown. Books are on a small round table at left.

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Bibliography:    

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, no. 516.

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

Illustration:    

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, pg. 171.