Harvard Art Museums > 1943.1815.20.18.A: Caricature Portrait of Mrs. George Mosenthal Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Caricature Portrait of Mrs. George Mosenthal (John Singer Sargent) , 1943.1815.20.18.A,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/195056. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.1815.20.18.A People John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England) Title Caricature Portrait of Mrs. George Mosenthal Classification Drawings Work Type drawing, album page Date Dec 31 1907 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/195056 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite on heavy off-white wove paper (menu) Dimensions 17.8 x 11.4 cm (7 x 4 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: u.l., graphite: Mrs. Mosenthal by J. S. Sargent Provenance Recorded Ownership History David Murray, London, sold; [through Christie’s, London, May 28, 1934, lot 2], sold; [to Martin Birnbaum], gift; to Grenville L. Winthrop, 1935, bequeathed; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943 A number of the drawings in this album were given to Murray (a Scottish landscape painter and Royal Academician, 1849-1933) by Sargent. Murray lived at 1A Langham Chambers, Portland Place, London. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.1815.20.18.A Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The sketch was drawn on the back of a menu from the Royal Academy's dinner of Tuesday December 31, 1907. The menu has come loose from the album leaf. Publication History David McKibbin, Sargent's Boston, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, 1956), p. 112, Check List of Sargent's Portraits Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: The Later Portraits, Yale University Press (New Haven CT and London England, 2003), under no. 518, repr. as fig. 109 Related Works 1943.1815.20 John Singer Sargent Murray Album Drawings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
