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  • Sargent, John Singer,
     
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  • Portrait male -- Cromer, Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of,
     
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  • Occupation -- Political
     
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  • Occupation -- Other
     
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    The Earl of Cromer, (painting).
    Artist: 
    Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter.
    Title: 
    The Earl of Cromer, (painting).
    Other Titles: 
    Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, (painting).
    Dates: 
    1902.
    Medium: 
    Oil on canvas.
    Dimensions: 
    65 x 36 in. (165.1 x 91.4 cm)
    Inscription: 
    (Upper left:) John S. Sargent (Upper right:) 1902 signed
    Description: 
    Three-quarter-length portrait of Evelyn Baring, first Earl of Cromer (1841-1917), seated at a desk with his legs crossed. He wears a light-gray suit; his eyeglasses are tucked in his waistcoat. His right elbow leans on a desk which is covered with papers and books.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Cromer, Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of, -- Knee length
    Occupation -- Political -- Statesman
    Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat
    Object -- Written Matter -- Book
    Dress -- Accessory -- Eye wear
    Object Type: 
    Painting
    Owner: 
    National Portrait Gallery, London, England Accession Number: 2901
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Cromer, Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of, until 1917.
    Cromer, 2nd Earl of, until 1977.
    References: 
    Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, no. 425.
    Gidley, M., "A Catalogue of American paintings in British Public Collections," [Exeter] University of Exeter, American Arts Documentation Centre, 1974.
    McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
    Illustration: 
    Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, pg. 85.
    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 70070033
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