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Sargent, John Singer,
Portrait male -- Jefferson, Joseph
Performing Arts -- Theater
Literature -- Colman
Literature -- Character
Painting
Joseph Jefferson, (painting).
Artist:
Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter.
Title:
Joseph Jefferson, (painting).
Dates:
1890.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 x 28 1/2 in. (91.4 x 72.4 cm)
Description:
Portrait of Joseph Jefferson (1829-1905) in the role of Peter Pangloss in George Colman, Jr.'s "The Heir-in-Law."
Subject:
Portrait male -- Jefferson, Joseph -- Waist length
Performing Arts -- Theater -- Performer
Literature -- Colman -- Heir-in-Law
Literature -- Character -- Peter Pangloss
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Players Club, 16 Gramercy Park, New York, New York
Remarks:
Commissioned by Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett for presentation to The Players club.
References:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002, no. 273.
"Life in America : a special loan exhibition of paintings held during the period of the New York World's Fair, April 24 to October 29, [1939]," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1939.
"Portraits of the American stage, 1771-1971; an exhibition in celebration of inaugural season of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts," Washington, DC: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1971.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002, pg. 52.
"Portraits of the American stage, 1771-1971; an exhibition in celebration of inaugural season of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts," Washington, DC: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1971, pg. 65.
Smithsonian Magazine (Sept. 1971).
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 81110135
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