Harvard Art Museums > 1937.7.29: Sketchbook ("1912--Spain"): Birds and Figure Studies Drawings Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Sketchbook ("1912--Spain"): Birds and Figure Studies (John Singer Sargent) , 1937.7.29,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Jun 12, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/307687. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1937.7.29 People John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England) Title Sketchbook ("1912--Spain"): Birds and Figure Studies Classification Drawings Work Type sketchbook Date 1912 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/307687 Physical Descriptions Medium Sketchbook with beige cloth-covered cardboard covers Dimensions 13.3 x 21.5 x 1.1 cm (5 1/4 x 8 7/16 x 7/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks label: cover of sketchbook, paper, black ink, handwritten: 1912 Spain inscription: front pastedown, graphite, in artist's hand: Washing left at [Granada?] / 1 shirt -- 1 handk -- 1 socks / Near Moval's inscription: back pastedown, graphite, in artist's hand: Hig[uet?] / 91, rue Vascosan / [pres [l'eglise?] St. Anne inscription: back pastedown, u.l., graphite: 1/2 inscription: back pastedown, black ink: Mrs. Curtis / Niddrie Marischal / Craig Millar / Scotland 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 1937.7.29 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 beige cloth-covered cardboard covers; and remains of cloth ties. Pages of off-white laid paper. Sewn page block. Sketchbook is incomplete, with thirty-three pages remaining. Fourteen drawings. The pages are numbered in red-brown ink in the upper right corners. Contents: Architectural study, possibly related to the watercolor "Escutcheon of Charles V of Spain" (1912, Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. no. 51.142.11); studies of Spanish dancers, birds of prey, sleeping gondoliers. 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. 31 Related Objects Object Number 1937.7.29.30 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Blank page; verso: Sketch of Carmencita Dancing Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.29.31 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Blank page; verso: Sketch of Carmencita Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.29.32 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Blank page; verso: Sketch of a Dancing Woman Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.29.1 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Fountain of Emperor Charles V, Alhambra, Granada Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.29.3 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Sketch of Floral Design Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.29.4 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Two Sketches of a Bird Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.29.5 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Sketches of a Bird Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.29.6 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Two Sketches of a Bird Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.29.7 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Sketches of Men Reclining in Boats Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.29.8 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Sketches of Men Reclining in Boats Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.29.33 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Sketches of a Dancer; verso: Decorative Designs and Figures Classification Drawings Object Number 1937.7.29.28 Artist John Singer Sargent Title Blank page; verso: Three Sketches of Arms 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
