Sir
David Richmond
John
Singer
Sargent
-- American painter
1900
Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Scotland
Oil on canvas
243.8 x 134.6 cm (96 x 53 in.)
Inscription: (Lower left:) John S. Sargent signed
Jpg:
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Commissioned by
the Corporation of Glasgow, 1899.
Full-length
portrait of Sir David Richmond (1843-1908), the Lord Provost of
Glasgow, standing with his left elbow resting on the base of a column.
He wears a red uniform with sash and chain and fur robes; he holds a
plumed hat in his right hand.
(SIRIS)
Sir David Richmond (2nd)
1900
147.3 x 96.5 cm (58 x 38 in.)
Note:
References:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete
paintings; volume 2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale
University Press, 2002, no. 378.
Gidley, M., "A Catalogue of American paintings in British Public
Collections," [Exeter] University of Exeter, American Arts
Documentation Centre, 1974.
McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Illustration:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete
paintings; volume 2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale
University Press, 2002, pg. 168.
SIRIS # IAP 81690355
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