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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
Edward, Prince of Wales. dated 1920
Charcoal | 62.7 x 47.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 917270
In an exhibition, The King's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
Edward, Prince of Wales dated 1920
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A charcoal head and shoulders portrait of Edward, Prince of Wales, turned to left, with short hair, suit and tie. Signed and dated along bottom: John S. Sargent / 1920.
John Singer Sargent was renowned for his dazzling bravura paintings of society beauties, artists, writers and statesmen of the 1880s and 1890s. Stretched thin by by a constant demand for his work and keen to move away from portraiture, by 1920 Sargent was declining almost all commissions for paintings, offering a charcoal portrait instead. Typically completed in a single two-hour sitting, these drawings became as sought after as Sargent’s paintings among his high society patrons. -
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Medium and techniques
Charcoal
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62.7 x 47.7 cm (sheet of paper)
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Alternative title(s)
Edward VIII when Prince of Wales