xii, 405 pages, [42] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm.
General Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-313).
Contents
Outline sketch of Sargent's life -- Part I. i. The Sargent family, Florence, 1856-1874; Paris, 1874-1884; Spain, 1880 -- ii. London in the eighties. The Tite Street House, Broadway, Fladbury, Some Anecdotes -- iii. Carmencita, mural paintings ordered, Fairford, Egypt and Greece, Beatrice Goelet, Academician, 1890-1897 -- iv. The Wertheimer family portraits, Copley Hall exhibition, Canard, 1898-1899 -- v. “The Three Graces”, Diploma Work, A year of triumphs, Boston Exhibition of 1903, Palestine, Italy, 1900-1913 -- vi. Somewhere in Austria, Boston Library Mural works, another one-man show, the Canadian Rockies, Late O’Hara, 1914-1916 -- vii. President Wilson, Gassed, Rockefeller, Cathedral of Arras, The road, British Generals, More mural paintings, 1918-1922 -- viii. Generosity, acumen, New York Sargent Show, comparisons, The Painter’s Job, An estimate -- ix. Portrait commissions refused, death of the artist in 1925, service in Westminster Abbey, tributes -- x. Honors, medals, degrees, orders -- Part II. Catalogue of oil paintings, studies and sketches, water colors and drawings, with notes -- Part III. Bibliography -- Appendices and Indices: Pictures and drawings sold at Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods, July 24th, 1925 -- Pictures and drawings exhibited at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1925 -- Pictures and drawings exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1926
Copy Note
The front pastedown carries the label of the bookseller, 'B.T. Batsford Ltd Architectural & Scientific Booksellers and publishers, 94 High Holborn London.'
Binding Note
Green cloth binding titled in gold on upper cover and spine.