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Jean Wife Colonel Ian Hamilton
Presented by Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton 1940
actions: postures and motions
adults
aristocrat
chair
clothing and personal items
dress
fan
furnishings
Hamilton, Jean, Lady
individuals: female
Muir, Jean
named individuals
objects
people
portraits
royalty and social rank
sitting
woman
work and occupations
painting oil paint canvas
8 October 2023 – 7 July 2024
2024-07-07
21 February 2024 – 7 July 2024
2024-07-07
2024-02-21
Tate Britain (London, UK)
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2023-10-08
Sargent and Fashion
Exhibition
Jean, Wife of Colonel Ian Hamilton
support: 1302 × 921 mm
Presented by Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton 1940
<p><b>N05247</b> JEAN, WIFE OF COLONEL IAN HAMILTON 1896</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘John S. Sargent’ t.l.
<br/>Canvas, 51 1/4×36 1/4 (130×92·5).
<br/>Presented by General Sir Ian Hamilton, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., 1940.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Commissioned from the artist.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1896 (129); Copley Hall, Boston, February–March 1899 (23); <i>100th Anniversary Exhibition</i>, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, January–March 1905 (433); <i>Fair Women</i>, International Society, May–July 1910 (27); <i>40th Autumn Exhibition of Modern Art</i>, Liverpool, September 1910–January 1911 (1034); R.A., winter 1926 (328); York, March–May 1926 (28); R.S.A., 1928 (226).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Downes, 1925, p.164; Charteris, 1927, p.266; Mount, 1955, p.435; McKibbin, 1956, p.100; Mount, 1957, p.344.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Kunst für Alle</i>, XXIII, 1907–8, p.27; Manson and Meynell, 1927, n.p.</p>
<p>Jean Miller, eldest daughter of Sir John Muir, 1st Baronet of Deanston, Perthshire, married Sir Ian Hamilton in 1887. She died in 1941. Lady Hamilton was noted for her beauty and accomplishments. (See also <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sargent-colonel-ian-hamilton-cb-dso-n05246" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N05246</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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2004-07-21T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults aristocrat chair clothing and personal items dress fan furnishings Hamilton, Jean, Lady individuals: female Muir, Jean named individuals objects people portraits royalty and social rank sitting woman work and occupations