DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Blank page; verso: Lady Margaret Spicer

c. 1900

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Description

The portrait sketch on the verso is drawn upside down from the book's orientation.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25.5 x 37 cm (10 1/16 x 14 9/16 in.)

Provenance

To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; gift of Mrs. Ormond to the Fogg Art Museum, 1937.

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