Francis Davis Millet's Mr. Sargent at work on Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose
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Mr Sargent at Work on Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose 
Frank Millet 1846-1912, American artist
c. 1885-86
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution,Washington, D.C. 
Ink on paper
8.6 X 8.6 cm
Jpg: local 
     
Carnation Lily, Lily, Rose
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" . . . he took up his place at a distance from the canvas, and at a certain notation of the light ran forward over the lawn with the action of a wag-tail, planting at the same time rapid dabs of paint on the picture" (Sir Edmund Gosse describing sargent painting Carnationa Lily, Lily, Rose) 
 
John Singer Sargent 
 
Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose 
1885-86 

  

 
Broadway, The Cotswolds, England 
 
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