Ellen
Peabody Endicott (Mrs.
William
Crowninshield Endicott
John
Singer
Sargent
-- American painter
1901
National
Gallery of
Art, Washington, D.C.
Oil on
canvas
162.9
x
114.3 cm (64
1/8 x 45 in.)
Gift
of
Louise Thoron
Endicott in memory of Mr. and Mrs. William Crowninshield Endicott,
1951.20.1
Jpg:The
Athenaeum / National
Gallery of Art
Ellen
Peabody (1833-1927) was the granddaughter of a shipping tycoon, Joseph Peabody, who became wealthy
during the war of 1812 and
thereafter -- soon to be the wealthiest in Salem. She married William
Crowninshield Endicott, Sr., who was an attorney with strong
political aspirations and was on the verge of serving as Secretary of
War under U.S. President Grover Cleveland's administration (1893-1897).
By the time Ellen became the matron of the family, she had had managed
to solidify herself and her family at the top of the blue bloods of
Massachusetts. The status of their family in stately portraits by the
best would help put the perfect button to her ambitious husband's
political aspirations.
She and her family split time between the family estate at Glen Magna
Farms in Danvers, Massachusetts and there home at 163 Marlborough
Street in Boston. This painting, along with a painting of her daughter,
her son (not shown) and one of her daughter-in-law (which John would do
in subsequent years) were hung together in her Marlborough Street home by 1907.
Glen
Magna Farms was
embellished by Ellen during the gilded age and it is now open
for viewing.
Mrs.
William Crowninshield Endicott (mug)
1903
See
the painting as it hangs
National
Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2003
Notes:
Sargent also
painted her husband
William Crowninshield Endicott, Jr.,
1907
Massachusetts
Historical Society, Boston,
Oil on canvas
56 x 34 in. (142.3 x
86.3 cm)
Inscription: (Upper
left:) John S. Sargent (Upper right:) 1907 signed
Description:
Three-quarter-length standing portrait of William Crowninshield
Endicott, Jr. (1860-1936) leaning his right arm on a mantelpiece. He
wears a black frock coat and blue cravat.
SIRIS # IAP 81690160
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Endicott, William C., until 1900.
Endicott, William C., Jr., Boston, Massachusetts until 1936.
Gift of Endicott, Louise Thoron, 1951.
Bibliography:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete
paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale
University Press, 2003, no. 400.
Torchia, Robert Wilson, "American paintings of the nineteenth century;
part 2," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1998.
National Gallery of Art, 1988, 1990.
"American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue,"
Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970.
Illustration:
Torchia, Robert Wilson, "American paintings of the nineteenth century;
part 2," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1998, pg. 114.
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete
paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale
University Press, 2003, pg. 57.
"American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue,"
Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970, pg. 97.
SIRIS #IAP 08600573:
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