Object details
Object number
ARC.006431
Creator(s)
Title
John Singer Sargent Drawing Ethel Barrymore
Date
1903
Medium
Platinum print
Language
English
Dimensions
23.8 x 18.4 cm (9 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in pencil in the hand of Morris Carter (verso): Photograph taken by Mrs. J. Montgomery Sears. Print given by Mrs. Sears Jan. 28, 1928, to replace a faded one.
Provenance
Gift from artist Sarah Choate Sears to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 28 January 1928.
Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Bibliography
Hilliard Goldfarb and Erica Hirshler. Dennis Miller Bunker and His Circle. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1995), p. 10, fig. 6. (as by Sarah Choate Sears, about 1920)
Richard Ormond. John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal. (New York City, The Morgan Library & Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, 2019) pp. 35, fig. 10
Gallery
Long Gallery
Case
Sargent / Whistler Case
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