Collection Highlights
Politicians measuring Lincoln's shoes
Date:
March 5th 1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.Politicians
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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Seated and Holding the Fiddle of George de Forest Brush (1855-1941); verso: sketch of Sargent from the side, seated and holding Brush's fiddle
Object Number:
1935.85.2.32
Date:
June 17, 1874
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper, formerly mounted on a page of Album 2
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/16 x 3 9/16 in. (15.7 x 9 cm)
Marks:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "CB [monogram]"; inscribed along upper edge in graphite: "Studio 54 rue des Saint Peres"; at lower left: "June 17th 74"; at lower right: "Sargent with / Brush's fiddle"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "CB [monogram]"; inscribed along upper edge in graphite: "Studio 54 rue des Saint Peres"; at lower left: "June 17th 74"; at lower right: "Sargent with / Brush's fiddle"
Description:
Recto-verso work. Verso: sketch of Sargent from the side, seated and holding Brush's fiddle. Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith and Sargent. Signed at lower right in graphite: CB (monogram); inscribed along upper edge in graphite: Studio 54 rue des Saint Peres; at lower left in graphite: June 17th 74; at lower right in graphite: Sargent with Brush's fiddle
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Provenance:
James Carroll Beckwith; The National Academy of Design, New York
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
