Title:
George Meredith, O.M.
Maker:
Sargent, John Singer; draughtsman; American artist, 1856-1925
Category:
drawing
Name:
drawing
Date:
1896-08
one of two drawings of the ageing novelist, George Meredith (1828-1909), executed during the summer of 1896 apparently at Meredith's home, Flint Cottage, Box Hill, Surrey, (for the other see Leeds exhibition cat. no. 54 (1979-04 - 06)
School/Style:
American
Technique:
drawing (image-making)
Material(s):
charcoal; medium
paper; support
Technique
Description:
charcoal on paper
Dimension(s):
height, paper, 330, mm
width, paper, 230, mm
Acquisition:
given; 1944-07; The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Provenance:
George Meredith, his son, William Meredith, his son, Captain George Meredith, from whom purchased by the Friends
Inscription(s):
signature; lower right; John S. Sargent
date; lower right, below the above; August 1896
Exhibition(s):
John Singer Sargent: Artists, Writers, Actors and Musicians. 2015-02-05 - 2015-10-04
Venue: National Portrait Gallery, London
Notes: Touring exhibition. On display at the National Portrait Gallery (London) until 25/05, then at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) from 29/06
Accession:
Object Number: 2713
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 13531; input: 2000-10-02; modified: 2017-03-02)
Permanent
Identifier:
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