FDA-P.191-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.191-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Jane Evans
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
'Vivacity in portraiture has probably never been so completely obtained in modern times....The veracity is startling, and the handling brilliant amongst the most dashing bravura passages ever executed; and yet there is a lack of repose....which alone makes a picture delightful to live with'
[Source: The Magazine of Art, 1899, Volume 23, p.340]
[Source: The Magazine of Art, 1899, Volume 23, p.340]
Description
Content (person)
Evans, Jane Mary, 1826 - 1906, Dame (Sitter)
Content (note)
Nearly full-length, seated in a black dress and lace trimmed black cap
Dimensions
height (sight size): 1444mm
width (sight size): 930mm
width (sight size): 930mm
Inscription
Signed and dated: 'John S. Sargent 1898'
I.D. label on frame
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Plain carved oak frame
Production
Person
Sargent, John Singer, 1856 - 1925 (Artist)
Date
1898
History and association
Associated object
FDA-D.1458-2016 (associated object)
Object history note
Provenance: Presented in 1906 by the Old Boys of Evans's house, Eton College
Exhibited: Royal Academy, London, 1899, catalogue no.237; 'Works by the late John S. Sargent', Royal Academy, London, Winter 1926, catalogue no.339; 'Works by John Singe Sargent, R.A.', City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, September to October 1964, catalogue no.28
Exhibited: Royal Academy, London, 1899, catalogue no.237; 'Works by the late John S. Sargent', Royal Academy, London, Winter 1926, catalogue no.339; 'Works by John Singe Sargent, R.A.', City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, September to October 1964, catalogue no.28
References
• McConnell, ed., Treasures of Eton, London, 1976 (Plate 13)
• Cole, B. ed., Eton Collections Review 2, December 2007 (pp.69-72)
• Mount, C. M., John Singer Sargent, A Biography, London, 1957 (p.344)
• The Magazine of Art (1899, Volume 23, p.340)
• Cole, B. ed., Eton Collections Review 2, December 2007 (pp.69-72)
• Mount, C. M., John Singer Sargent, A Biography, London, 1957 (p.344)
• The Magazine of Art (1899, Volume 23, p.340)
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