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[John Singer Sargent]

Sarah Choate Searsabout 1890

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Although John Singer Sargent was the most famous American portrait painter of his time, he apparently did not like to be photographed. The few photographs that exist show him at work, as he is here, sketching and puffing on a cigar. His friend Sarah Choate Sears, herself a painter of some note, drew many of her sitters for photographs from the same aristocratic milieu as Sargent did for his paintings.

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  • Title: [John Singer Sargent]
  • Creator: Sarah Choate Sears
  • Date Created: about 1890
  • Physical Dimensions: 25.2 × 18.7 cm (9 15/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Toned gelatin silver print
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 84.XP.164.20
  • Culture: American
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Sarah Choate Sears (American, 1858 - 1935)
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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