John Singer Sargent

Literature

Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent, New Haven and London, 2003, nr. 535

Provenance

The sitter's mother, Mrs. Richard H. Townsend (died 1931, née Mary Scott), Washington, D.C.
by inheritance to the sitter, Mathilde Townsend Gerry Welles (1888-1949), Washington, D.C.
bequest 1949 to NGA, with life interest to her husband, Sumner Welles (1892-1961)

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1952.3.1

Other works by John Singer Sargent

The Earl of Cromer
1902

George Frederick McCorquodale
1902

The Earl of Ypres
c. 1920-21

Oscar and Bobino on the Fishing Smack
1874