Mrs. Shakespeare
John Singer Sargent -- American painter 
c. 1896 [1]
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, New York
Oil on canvas
74.61 x 62.23 cm (29 3/8 x 24 1/2 in.) 
Inscribed: (Upper left:) to my friend Shakespeare (Upper right:) John S. Sargent signed
Marion Stratton Gould Fund,  57.14 
Jpg: Memorial Art Gallery
 
(Zoomable image at the Memorial Art Gallery)
 
Mrs. William Shakespeare née Louise Weiland (c. 1850-1911) Waist-length portrait of wearing a gown with leg-of-mutton sleeves.  

Notes:

1) Charles Merrill Mount dates the work 1894,  Charteris dates it 1901 as does McKibbin. The style of the dress, however, point to a date prior to 1900. The musem dates the work 1896.

Provenance:    
Formerly in the collection of Shakespeare, William,
Christie's, London, England Sale (June 24, 1927), lot 81.
Moore, Mr., London, England
Ferargil Galleries, New York, New York by 1928.
Purchased 1957.

Bibliography

Illustration Only in Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook. Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press , 1961 : p. 110.

Article and illustration in Denys Sutton. Treasures from Rochester: Exhibited at Wildenstein Galleries, New York, April 14-May 28, 1977 : Summary Catalogue. Rochester, New York : Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester , 1977 : p. 71.

Young, Mahonri Sharp. "Treasures from Rochester" Rochester Review. (Fall 1977) : p. 15. : Fig. 13.

Entry in In Focus: A Look at Realism in Art. Rochester, NY : Memorial Art Gallery , 1964 : p. not numbered.

Illustration Only in Parnassus. v. IV , no. VI (November 1932) : Fig. 12.

Entry in David McKibbin. Sargent's Boston. Boston, MA : Museum of Fine Arts , 1956 : p. 123.

Article and illustration in Holly Pinto Savinetti. The European Experience in the 19th Century. Roslyn, NY : Nassau County Museum of Fine Art , 1985 : p. 94. : Fig. 98.

Catalogue Raisonné Entry in Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray. John Singer Sargent: Complete Paintings. , 1998 v. II : p. 117-118. : Fig. 331

Exhibition History

"Milestones in American Art," Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY, November 14 - December 15, 1941

"In Focus: A Look at Realism in Art," Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY, December 28, 1964 - January 31, 1965

"Treasures from Rochester," Wildenstein Galleries, New York, April 14 - May 28, 1977

"The European Experience in the 19th Century," Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Roslyn, NY, June 2 - September 2, 1985.

SIRIS #: IAP 37390021 
 
 
Created 1/9/2003