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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
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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

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