Oil paint on canvas
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Hylda Almina and Conway Children Asher Wertheimer
Presented by the widow and family of Asher Wertheimer in accordance with his wishes 1922
actions: postures and motions
adults
agriculture, gardening & fishing
animals: mammals
architecture
balustrade
brother
clothing and personal items
Conway, Conway Joseph
crime and punishment
dog, Jack Russell Terrier
dog, spaniel
Fachiri, Almina
family
features
garden
garden structures
glove
groups
hat, bonnet
individuals: female
individuals: male
lawyer
man
named individuals
objects
people
portraits
sister
sitting
society
spectacles
standing
Wertheimer, Almina
Wertheimer, Conway
Wertheimer, Hylda
whip
Wilson-Young, Hylda
woman
work and occupations
<p>This is a portrait of three of the children of the art dealer, Asher Wertheimer. It is is one of a series of twelve that Sargent painted of the Wertheimer family. The stone terrace and urn in the background recall the style of eighteenth - century portraiture in the grand manner designed to confirm aristocratic status. Here, the tradition is adopted by a wealthy, middle-class Jewish family. The riding habit and crop worn by Almina (on the right) and the spaniel with Conway (in the centre provide) also refer to aristocratic pursuits.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
12 May 2009 – 17 October 2010
2010-10-17
12 May 2009 – 17 October 2010
2010-10-17
2009-05-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2009-05-12
Lawrence and Sargent
Collection based display
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
Hylda, Almina and Conway, Children of Asher Wertheimer
support: 1880 × 1333 mm
Presented by the widow and family of Asher Wertheimer in accordance with his wishes 1922
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<span class="text0">This is a <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>portrait</span></a> of three of the children  </span><span class="text14">of the art dealer, Asher Wertheimer. It </span><span class="text0">
</span><span class="text15">is is one of a series of twelve that      Sargent </span><span class="text14">painted of the Wertheimer family.</span><span class="text0">
</span><span class="text14">The stone terrace and urn in      the</span><span class="text0"> </span><span class="text15">background      recall the style of eighteenth - </span><span class="text0">century      portraiture in the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/grand-manner" title="Glossary definition for 'Grand Manner'"><span>grand manner</span></a> </span><span class="text14">designed to      confirm aristocratic status.</span><span class="text0"> </span><span class="text15">Here, the tradition is adopted by a wealthy</span><span class="text0">, </span><span class="text15">middle-class Jewish family. The      riding habit</span><span class="text0"> </span><span class="text16">and      crop worn by Almina (on the right) and</span><span class="text0"> </span><span class="text14">the spaniel with Conway (in the centre </span><span class="text15">provide) also refer to aristocratic pursuits.</span><span class="text0">
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2004-08-18T00:00:00
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<p><b>N03712</b> HYLDA, ALMINA AND CONWAY, CHILDREN OF ASHER WERTHEIMER 1905</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘John S. Sargent 1905’ t.r.
<br/>Canvas, 74×52 1/2 (188×133).
<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>Lit:</i> Robert Ross, ‘The Wertheimer Sargents’ in <i>Art Journal</i>, 1911, p.8; Downes, 1925, p.200; Charteris, 1927, p.270 (erroneously recorded under the year 1902); Mount, 1955, pp.225, 437 (as 1902); McKibbin, 1956, p.130; Mount, 1957, pp.187, 346.</p>
<p>Painted in 1905, with the terrace of Eustace Wilding's house at Stoke Poges as background (McKibbin, <i>loc. cit.</i>, and Mr John Mathias, 8 June 1961), the group includes the third eldest daughter, Hylda, and the fifth daughter, Almina (Mrs Antonio Pandelli Fachiri, 1886-<i>c.</i> 1928–9, whose first name has sometimes been printed as ‘Alna’), in a dark riding habit. The third figure is of Conway, later Conway Joseph Conway, Q.C., Bencher of the Inner Temple, the third of the Wertheimer sons, who was called to the Bar in 1906. He was born in 1881 and died in November 1953.</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
2004-07-20T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: postures and motions adults agriculture, gardening & fishing animals: mammals architecture balustrade brother clothing and personal items Conway, Conway Joseph crime and punishment dog, Jack Russell Terrier dog, spaniel Fachiri, Almina family features garden garden structures glove groups hat, bonnet individuals: female individuals: male lawyer man named individuals objects people portraits sister sitting society spectacles standing Wertheimer, Almina Wertheimer, Conway Wertheimer, Hylda whip Wilson-Young, Hylda woman work and occupations