Design for Hawk Dress for Mrs. C.E. Hunter as Queen Phalema in "The Seraph"
Medium
photo-mechanical reproduction
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Peter Josten
Accession Number
1979.8.2
About the Artist
John Singer Sargent · 1856–1925
John Singer Sargent, born on January 12, 1856, in Florence to American expatriate parents FitzWilliam Sargent, an eye surgeon and medical illustrator, and Mary Newbold Singer, an amateur artist, enjoyed a nomadic childhood across Europe. His mother nurtured his artistic inclinations with sketchbooks and museum visits, while he received early watercolor lessons from German landscape painter Carl We...