Object details
Accession number
ARC.003955
Primary Creator
John Singer Sargent
(Florence, 1856 - 1925, London)
Full title
Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Mount Stephen House, Field, British Columbia
Creation Date
31 August 1916
Object Case
Sargent / Whistler Case
Language
English
Dimensions
26.6 x 21 cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)
Display Media
Ink on paper
Web Commentary
This letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner describes Sargent’s painting of Yoho Falls, in the Canadian Rockies, a work now hanging in the Blue Room of her museum: “I have done a picture of a fantastic waterfall . . . and I am off camping to another place near here where I expect to find other awful sights—whether to your liking or not you shall decide.” Like his friend Henry James, John Singer Sargent renewed his professional energies through travel.
Permanent Gallery Location
Long Gallery
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