DrawingsAmerican20th century

Sketch for Sir Frederick Maude (1864 - 1917); verso: Base of a Column, for "Some Officers of the Great War"

c. 1922

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Charcoal on off-white laid paper; verso: graphite

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

23.7 x 22 cm (9 5/16 x 8 11/16 in.)

Provenance

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.

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