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"Mrs. Charles Thursby" by John Singer Sargent (USA, 1898). Notes from Mary Thomas, Art Critic for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette (12/27/06): Sargent... infuses sprightly [Mrs. Thursby] with the iconography of the "new woman" rather than the standards of the traditional elite. Dressed in a shirtwaist, apparel that referenced dress reform, Mrs. Thursby is daringly cross-legged beneath her long skirt; her expression intelligent, she appears to be conducting an animated conversation...
Woman's aesthetic or reform dress and bodice in wool with a ribbed weave, Great Britain, 1892-1895. The dress is a pinafore style, worn over a matching chocolate-brown silk satin bodice with a high braided gilt collar. Photos © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Mrs Herbert Roberts, Lady Clwyd, is seen wearing the dress, which was probably from her trousseau, in George Clausen's 1894 portrait, now located at Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool (photo via BBC Your Paintings).
John Singer Sargent | Mrs. Hugh Hammersley | American | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925). Mrs. Hugh Hammersley, 1892. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglass Campbell, in memory of Mrs. Richard E. Danielson, 1998 (1998.365) | This work is in our “Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends,” on view through October 4, 2015.
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