Watercolour and gouache on paper
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Miss Eliza Wedgwood and Miss Sargent Sketching
Bequeathed by William Newall 1922
actions: postures and motions
adults
art and craft
clothing and personal items
drawing
individuals: female
landscape
leisure and pastimes
named individuals
objects
parasol
people
portraits
Sargent, Emily
sitting
Wedgwood, Eliza
woman
wooded
paper unique watercolour gouache
11 October 2002 – 5 January 2003
2003-01-05
11 October 2002 – 5 January 2003
2003-01-05
2002-10-11
Frist Center for the Visual Arts (Nashville, USA)
2002-10-11
Whistler Sargent and Steer - Frist
Tate partnerships & programmes
3 July 2004 – 11 September 2004
2004-09-11
3 July 2004 – 11 September 2004
2004-09-11
2004-07-03
Aberdeen Art Gallery (Aberdeen, UK)
http://www.aagm.co.uk
2004-07-03
John Singer Sargent and His Scottish Friends
Loan-out
16 February 2011 – 21 August 2011
2011-08-21
16 February 2011 – 21 August 2011
2011-08-21
2011-02-16
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2011-02-16
Watercolour
Exhibition
5 February 2015 – 4 October 2015
2015-10-04
5 February 2015 – 25 May 2015
2015-05-25
2015-02-05
National Portrait Gallery (London, UK)
http://www.npg.org.uk
29 June 2015 – 4 October 2015
2015-10-04
2015-06-29
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA)
http://www.metmuseum.org
2015-02-05
John Singer Sargent: Artists, Writers, Actors and Musicians
Loan-out
1 June 2017 – 31 October 2017
2017-10-31
1 June 2017 – 31 October 2017
2017-10-31
2017-06-01
Dulwich Picture Gallery (London, UK)
2017-06-01
Sargent's Watercolours: A New Look
Loan-out
1 February 2027 – 31 May 2027
2027-05-31
1 February 2027 – 31 May 2027
2027-05-31
2027-02-01
Fundacíon Mapfre (Madrid, Spain)
2027-02-01
BEYOND THE STEREOTYPE: SARGENT'S VISION OF SPAIN
Loan-out
Miss Eliza Wedgwood and Miss Sargent Sketching
support: 502 × 356 mm
frame: 693 × 546 × 20 mm
Bequeathed by William Newall 1922
<p><b>N03658</b> MISS ELIZA WEDGWOOD AND MISS SARGENT SKETCHING <i>c</i>. 1905–14</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘John S. Sargent’ b.l.
<br/>Watercolour, 19 3/4×14 (50·5×35·5).
<br/>Bequeathed by William Newall 1922.</p>
<p>Charteris records (1927, p.170) that Sargent went abroad every autumn after his mother's death in 1905, to go on sketching expeditions, and was always accompanied by his sister Emily and either the de Glehns or Miss Eliza Wedgwood, or the Misses Barnard, or Mrs Ormond and her children. An oil <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 Miss Wedgwood's mother was shown at 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/n/new-english-art-club" title="Glossary definition for 'New English Art Club'"><span>N.E.A.C</span></a>., winter 1909 (55). This <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> sketch must date from between 1905 and 1914, when the war put a temporary end to the artist's continental tours. Another watercolour of the same sitters, probably done on the same occasion as <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sargent-miss-eliza-wedgwood-and-miss-sargent-sketching-n03658" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N03658</span></a>, belongs to F. Guillaume Ormond of Truro.</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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2004-10-05T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults art and craft clothing and personal items drawing individuals: female landscape leisure and pastimes named individuals objects parasol people portraits Sargent, Emily sitting Wedgwood, Eliza woman wooded