Harvard Art Museums > 1937.7.13.1-23: Sketchbook: Sketches of Architectural Ornament Drawings Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Sketchbook: Sketches of Architectural Ornament (John Singer Sargent) , 1937.7.13.1-23,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Jul 08, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/307625. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1937.7.13.1-23 People John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England) Title Sketchbook: Sketches of Architectural Ornament Classification Drawings Work Type sketchbook Date c. 1895 - c. 1916 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/307625 Physical Descriptions Medium Sketchbook with light brown cloth covered cardboard covers Dimensions 26.1 x 38 x 1 cm (10 1/4 x 14 15/16 x 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: front pastedown, graphite: 4428 label: back pastedown, paper, printed: Geo. Rowney & Co. / London, W. Provenance Recorded Ownership History 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. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond Accession Year 1937 Object Number 1937.7.13.1-23 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions 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 Sketchbook with light-brown-cloth-covered cardboard covers; pencil sleeve; remains of cloth ties. Pages of off-white wove paper. Sewn page block. Sketchbook is incomplete, with twenty-three pages remaining. Thirty-eight drawings. The pages are numbered in red-brown ink in the upper right corner. Several pages are missing and the page numbering apparently occurred after their removal. Missing are one page after page 7, one after page 14, and one after page 17. Contents: A number of architectural sketches, including vaulting, molding profiles, column bases, and framing devices; sketches for an unidentified composition with flying angels; studies of Mabel Hatch Batten (c. 1895, Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum) and Lady Margaret Spicer (c. 1900, private collection); turkeys, a peacock, leaves and branches; a sketch for a crucifix. Publication History Miriam Stewart and Kerry Schauber, "Catalogue of Sketchbooks and Albums by John Singer Sargent at the Fogg Art Museum", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, Fall 1999 - Winter 2000), vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 16-38, p. 23 Exhibition History Sargent in the Studio: Drawings, Sketchbooks, and Oil Sketches, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/10/1999 - 09/26/1999 Under Cover: Artists' Sketchbooks, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/2006 - 10/22/2006 Related Objects Object Number 1937.7.13.3 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Sketches of Faces; verso: Designs for Vaulting Ornament Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.10 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Molding Profile, Squared; verso: Designs for Vaulting Ornament Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.11 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Designs for Vaulting Ornament with Rudimentary Lettering (recto and verso) Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.12 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Designs for Vaulting Ornament (recto and verso) Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.6 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Molding Profiles, Squared; verso: Designs for Ornamental Ceiling Panels Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.7 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Molding Profiles (recto and verso) Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.13 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Architectural Design of Grapevines; verso: Design for Molding, Molding Profile Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.18 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Blank page; verso: Lady Margaret Spicer Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.22 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Blank page; verso: Turkeys and Peacock Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.23 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Wall Elevation with Columns and Ornamental Frames; verso: Study for Mabel Hatch Batten Singing Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.21 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Study of Tree Branches Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.2 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Designs for Vaulting Ornament (recto and verso) Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.16 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Blank page Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.17 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Blank page Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.19 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Lady Margaret Spicer; verso: Sketch for Crucifix Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.1 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Designs for Vaulting Ornament (recto and verso) Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.4 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Lunette Study with Flying Angel and Figures; verso: Designs for Vaulting Ornament, with Keystone and Rudimentary Lettering Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.5 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Flying Angel and Figures; verso: Architectural Detail and Molding Profiles Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.8 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Designs for Ornamental Frames; verso: Molding Profiles for Column Base (?) Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.9 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Designs for Ornamental Frames; verso: Architectural Detail Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.14 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Sketch of Crucifix and Vaulting Ornament; verso: Column Base Profiles Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.15 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Architectural Designs with Column; Profile of Capital (?); verso: Wall Elevation of West Wall, Sargent Hall, Boston Public Library Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.13.20 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Blank page; verso: Sketch of Leaves Classification 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
