Mrs. Waldorf Astor, (painting).

Mrs. Waldorf Astor, (painting).

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter.

Mrs. Waldorf Astor, (painting).

Viscountess Astor (Nancy Langhorne), (painting).

59 x 39 in. (149.9 x 99 cm)

(Upper right:) John S. Sargent signed

Three-quarter-length standing portrait of Mrs. Waldorf Astor (1879-1964) facing left with her hands behind her back. Her head is turned back toward the viewer, looking over her shoulder. She wears a white gown with peach sash.

Portrait female -- Astor, Waldorf, Mrs. (Nancy Langhorne), Viscountess -- Knee length

Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat

National Trust, Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, England

Presented by Astor, Viscount, 1942.

Nancy Langhorne married Robert Gould Shaw in 1897. They divorced in 1903 and she married Waldorf Astor in 1906. She became Viscountess Astor in 1919 when her husband became Viscount.

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, no. 554.

McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.

Antiques, Feb., 1980.

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, pg. 209.

Antiques, Feb., 1980, P. 423

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