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Chapman, Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler 1866-1937 Fuller, Lucia Fairchild 1872-1924 Gardner, Isabella Stewart 1840-1924 Myers, Elsie Palmer 1872-1955 Sargent, John Singer 1856-1925 Sargent, John Singer 1856-1925 Friends and associates United States Biography United States History 1865-1921 Upper class women United States Biography Women United States BiographyFilter By Subjects
Chapman, Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler 1866-1937 Fuller, Lucia Fairchild 1872-1924 Gardner, Isabella Stewart 1840-1924 Myers, Elsie Palmer 1872-1955 Sargent, John Singer 1856-1925 Sargent, John Singer 1856-1925 Friends and associates United States Biography United States History 1865-1921 Upper class women United States Biography Women United States BiographyDavis, Deborah
Summary: Shares the story behind the creation of Sargent's famous painting, which propelled the artist to fame but condemned his young subject to a lifetime of ridicule and self-loathing due to the work's perceived sexuality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin Group 2003
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Summary: "In this seductive, multilayered biography, based on original letters and diaries, Donna M. Lucey illuminates four extraordinary women painted by the iconic high-society portraitist John Singer Sargent. With uncanny intuition, Sargent hinted at the mysteries and passions that unfolded in his subjects' lives. Elsie Palmer traveled between her father's Rocky Mountain castle and the medieval...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017