General Lucius Fairchild
John Singer
Sargent -- American
painter
1887
State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Oil on canvas.
127.6 x 82.6 cm (50 1/4 x 32 1/2 in.)
Inscription: (Upper left:) John S. Sargent (Upper
right:) 1887 signed
Jpg: Wisconsin
Magazine of History / the-athenaeum
Quite a remarkable
man. He was a three term Wisconsin Governor (1866-72); A
decorated
civil war hero at Gettysburg were he was severely wounded during the
famous
Pickett's charge and had his arm amputated, was subsequently taken
prisoner
and eventually paroled. He then was commissioned brigadier-general.
After his term as governor he went on to served as U.S.
consul
at Liverpool, England, 1873-78; U.S. consul-general at Paris, France,
1878-80;
and U.S. minister and envoy plenipotentiary to Spain, 1880-81.
When the State of
Wisconsin wanted
to give him a portrait, Sargent was selected as the artist through
Lucius' brother Charles
Fairchild, of whom John and the Fairchilds were becoming good
friends.
Note:
Bibliography:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings;
volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,
1998, no. 199.
McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Illustration:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings;
volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,
1998, pg. 204.
SIRIS # 81690169
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