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Sargent, John Singer,
Portrait group
Portrait male -- Londonderry, Charles Stewart, Marquis of
Portrait male -- Beaumont, W. C.
Ceremony -- Coronation
Occupation -- Other
Dress -- Ceremonial
Object -- Weapon
Architecture interior
Painting
Charles Stewart, Sixth Marquess of Londonderry, Carrying the Great Sword of State at the Coronation of King Edward VII, August 1902, and Mr. W. C. Beaumont, his Page on that Occasion, (painting).
Artist:
Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter.
Title:
Charles Stewart, Sixth Marquess of Londonderry, Carrying the Great Sword of State at the Coronation of King Edward VII, August 1902, and Mr. W. C. Beaumont, his Page on that Occasion, (painting).
Dates:
1904.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
113 x 77 in. (287 x 195.6 cm)
Inscription:
(Lower left:) John S. Sargent 1904 signed
Description:
Full-length standing portrait of Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1852-1915) holding the Great Sword of the State. He wears ceremonial costume: red velvet and white fur cape over a full-dress uniform. He is attended by his page (his nephew) who carries his coronet.
Subject:
Portrait group
Portrait male -- Londonderry, Charles Stewart, Marquis of -- Full length
Portrait male -- Beaumont, W. C. -- Full length
Ceremony -- Coronation -- Edward VII
Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat
Dress -- Ceremonial
Object -- Weapon -- Sword
Architecture interior
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 2003.274
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Londonberry, Charles Stewart, 6th Marquess of, until 1915.
Londonberry, 7th Marquess of, until 1949.
Londonderry, 8th Marquess of, until 1955.
Londonderry, 9th Marquess of,
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, New York 1985.
Kravis, Henry,
Purchased 2003.
References:
McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, no. 472.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, collection printout, 2010.
Illustration:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, pg. 129.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 81690274
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Inventory of American Paintings
81690274
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