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Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia Oil on canvas 229.2 x 171.5 cm (90 1/4 x 67 1/2 in.) Inscribed: (Upper right:) John S. Sargent 1904 signed Accession Number: 71.502 The Countess (nee Wilma "Queenie" Pley-dell-Bouverie 1869-1931) married first Edward George, second Earl of Lathom in 1899. After his death in 1910, she married Lieutenant-General Sir Henry M. Lawson in 1912. Full-length seated portrait of the Countess of Lathom wearing a plum velvet gown with gauzy stole and a blue wrap. She wears a tiara and holds a jewelled necklace in her left hand. Ornaments and books are on a round table at left near a plinth and pillar with a draped curtain. (SIRIS) Notes: Special thanks to Matt Davies, of Kansas City, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for sending me notes regarding this image. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Lathom, Second Earl of, until 1910. Lathom, Third Earl of, until 1930. Lathom, Third Earl of, Countess, until 1930 On loan to Tate Gallery, London, England ca. 1926-1930. Rosenbach, A.S.W., Dr., 1930. Parke-Bernet, New York, New York Sale (Nov. 11-14, 1942), lot 609. I. B. M. Gallery of Arts and Sciences, 16 East 57th Street, New York, New York until 1968. Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, New York 1968. Block, Mimi, Mrs., New York, New York 1969. M. Knoedler & Co., New York, New York Sale (May 11, 1972) Chrysler, Walter P., Jr., 1973. Bibliography: "Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, 1975, pg. 163. Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, no. 465. "Realism: an American Heritage," New York: I.B.M. Gallery, 1963. Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1980. Parke-Bernet Galleries Sale catalog: no.406, 1942. "The Chrysler Museum: Selections from the Permanent Collection," Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1982, pg. 92. Hagood, Martha N., and Jefferson C. Harrison, "American Art at the Chrysler Museum: Selected Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings," Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum of Art, 2005, pg. 124. Illustration: "Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, 1975, pg. 163. Art News, Sept. 1930. Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, pg. 121. Parke-Bernet Galleries Sale Catalog: no.406, 1942, p.123 "The Chrysler Museum: Selections from the Permanent Collection," Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1982, pg. 92. Hagood, Martha N., and Jefferson C. Harrison, "American Art at the Chrysler Museum: Selected Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings," Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum of Art, 2005, pg. 124. SIRIS IAP 55450184
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