Harvard Art Museums > 1937.7.26.1-16: Sketchbook: Figures and Animals 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"Sketchbook: Figures and Animals (John Singer Sargent) , 1937.7.26.1-16,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/307716. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1937.7.26.1-16 People John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England) Title Sketchbook: Figures and Animals Classification Drawings Work Type sketchbook Date 1889 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/307716 Physical Descriptions Medium Sketchbook with beige cloth-covered cardboard covers Dimensions 15 x 24.2 x 0.7 cm (5 7/8 x 9 1/2 x 1/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks label: front pastedown, paper, printed: Lechertier, Barbe & Co. / 60, Regent Street, London 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 1937.7.26.1-16 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 pencil sleeve. Pages of cream wove paper. Sewn page block. The sketchbook is incomplete, with sixteen pages remaining. Eleven drawings. The pages are numbered in red-brown ink in the upper right corners. Many pages have been removed from the sketchbook and the page numbering apparently occurred after their removal. Missing are the page before page one, at least one after page three, two after page six, two after page 11, and one after page 12. Contents: Portraits of several women, including Vernon Lee (Violet Paget) and Alice Louis-Guérin Helleu, and studies for the portrait of Dorothy (Dolly) Barnard (1889, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge); animal studies (apes, cats, and birds); plant study; shipboard scene. 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, pp. 29-30 Related Works 1937.7.26.12 John Singer Sargent Blank page Drawings 1937.7.26.13 John Singer Sargent Blank page; verso: Sketch of Madame Helleu Drawings 1937.7.26.16 John Singer Sargent Blank page Drawings 1937.7.26.9 John Singer Sargent Blank page; verso: Two Standing Figures Drawings 1937.7.26.14 John Singer Sargent Blank page Drawings 1937.7.26.15 John Singer Sargent Study of Flowers; Sketch of a Face Drawings 1937.7.26.1 John Singer Sargent Head of a Woman Drawings 1937.7.26.2 John Singer Sargent Indeterminate Sketches Drawings 1937.7.26.3 John Singer Sargent Woman with a Parasol (Vernon Lee?) Drawings 1937.7.26.4 John Singer Sargent Sketches of Gorillas and Head; verso: Sketches of Lions, Birds, and Cats Drawings 1937.7.26.5 John Singer Sargent Sketch of a Ship Drawings 1937.7.26.11 John Singer Sargent Blank page Drawings 1937.7.26.6 John Singer Sargent Blank page Drawings 1937.7.26.7 John Singer Sargent Blank page Drawings 1937.7.26.8 John Singer Sargent Blank page Drawings 1937.7.26.10 John Singer Sargent Standing Female Figure (Polly Barnard?) 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
