Oil paint on canvas
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Mrs Wertheimer
Presented by the widow and family of Asher Wertheimer in accordance with his wishes 1922
actions: postures and motions
adults
chair
clothing and personal items
domestic
dress
earring
furnishings
headdress
individuals: female
interior - non-specific
interiors
Joseph, Flora
named individuals
necklace
objects
ornament
people
portraits
sitting
table
Wertheimer, Flora, née Joseph
woman
painting oil paint canvas
15 November 2021 – 24 July 2022
2022-07-24
15 November 2021 – 24 July 2022
2022-07-24
2021-11-15
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2021-11-15
Sargent's Wertheimer Portraits
Collection based display
Mrs Wertheimer
support: 1632 × 1079 mm
frame: 1900 × 1300 × 160 mm
Presented by the widow and family of Asher Wertheimer in accordance with his wishes 1922
<p><b>N03706</b> MRS WERTHEIMER 1904</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘John S. Sargent 1904’ b.r.
<br/>Canvas, 64 1/4×42 1/2 (163×108).
<br/>Presented to the National Gallery by the widow and family of Asher Wertheimer in accordance with his wishes 1922; transferred 1926.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> As for <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sargent-asher-wertheimer-n03705" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N03705</span></a>.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1904 (301); <i>Franco-British</i>, Shepherd's Bush, 1908 (297, repr. facing p.154).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Downes, 1925, pp.43–6, 183, 212–13, repr. facing p.176; Charteris, 1927, pp.164, 272, repr. facing p.164; Mount, 1955, pp.225, 438; McKibbin, 1956, p.130; Mount, 1957, pp.187, 347.
<br/><i>Repr:</i>
<i>Royal Academy Pictures</i>, 1904, p.154; <i>Art Journal</i>, 1911, p.3.</p>
<p>The second of the two <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portraits</span></a> of Mrs Wertheimer (<i>née</i> Flora Joseph), painted in 1904. The earlier version, which shows her standing, belonged in 1953 to Mrs Wilson-Young of Barham Hall, Ipswich (see also <span>N03705</span> and <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sargent-hylda-daughter-of-asher-and-mrs-wertheimer-n03707" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N03707</span></a>). Mrs Wertheimer was the daughter of an antique dealer, Edward Joseph, and she died in December 1922 at the age of seventy-five. See also J. Havard Thomas, <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/thomas-mrs-asher-wertheimer-n02268" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N02268</span></a>.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-05T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: postures and motions adults chair clothing and personal items domestic dress earring furnishings headdress individuals: female interior - non-specific interiors Joseph, Flora named individuals necklace objects ornament people portraits sitting table Wertheimer, Flora, née Joseph woman